Near-infrared in vivo fluorescence sensor with integrated dielectric emission filter

Author

O´Sullivan, Thomas D. ; Munro, Elizabeth ; Conca, Christopher ; Parashurama, Natesh ; De La Zerda, Adam ; Gambhir, Sanjiv S. ; Harris, James S. ; Levi, Ofer

Author_Institution

Solid State & Photonics Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present a monolithically integrated near-infrared fluorescence sensor incorporating a dielectric emission filter for in vivo applications. We successfully integrated a dielectric emission filter (OD3) onto a low-noise detector and sensed 50 nM fluorescent dye concentration.

Keywords

biosensors; chemical variables measurement; dielectric devices; dyes; fluorescence; infrared detectors; integrated optics; optical sensors; fluorescent dye concentration; low-noise detector; monolithically integrated dielectric emission filter; near-infrared in vivo fluorescence sensor; optical bio-sensor; Biomedical optical imaging; Detectors; Dielectrics; Fluorescence; In vivo; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (230.5160) Photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225221