• DocumentCode
    2433195
  • Title

    Highly efficient fluorescence sensing with hollow core photonic crystal fibers

  • Author

    Smolka, Stephan ; Barth, Michael ; Benson, Oliver

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-23 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    181
  • Lastpage
    182
  • Abstract
    We investigate hollow core photonic crystal fibers for ultra-sensitive fluorescence detection by selectively infiltrating the central hole with fluorophores. Dye concentrations down to 10-9 M can be detected using only nanoliter sample volumes.
  • Keywords
    dyes; fibre optic sensors; fluorescence; holey fibres; photonic crystals; dye concentration detection; fluorescence sensing; fluorophores; hollow core photonic crystal fibers; nanoliter sample volume; ultra-sensitive fluorescence detection; Biomedical optical imaging; Coatings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluorescence; Gases; Liquids; Nanobioscience; Optical fibers; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1925-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1099-4742
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590549
  • Filename
    4590549