Light localization and label-free colorimetric sensing with deterministic aperiodic photonic structures

Author

Boriskina, Svetlana V. ; Gopinath, Ashwin ; Lee, Sylvanus ; Negro, Luca Dal

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We theoretically investigate light localization and local density of states manipulation in aperiodic photonic structures and discuss their applications as pseudo-random lasers and label-free optical biosensors.

Keywords

biosensors; localised states; optical sensors; photonic band gap; quantum optics; quantum theory; deterministic aperiodic photonic structures; label free colorimetric sensing; label free optical biosensor; light localization; local density of states; pseudo random laser; Biomedical optical imaging; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals; (130.6010) Sensors; (160.5298) Photonic crystals; (170.4580) Optical diagnostics for medicine; (230.3120) Integrated optics devices; (290.4210) Multiple scattering;

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

5225832