• DocumentCode
    520824
  • Title

    Detection and sizing of single nanoparticles by mode splitting in an optical microresonator

  • Author

    Zhu, Jiangang ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; Xiao, Yun-Feng ; Li, Lin ; He, Lina ; Chen, Da-Ren ; Yang, Lan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate detection and sizing of single nanoparticles down to 30 nm by monitoring the mode splitting induced by a nanoparticle in an ultra-high quality factor (UHQ) microtoroid. Theory and methods are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical optical imaging; Microcavities; Nanoparticles; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Resonance light scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500425