Title :
Enhanced sensitivity in optofluidic photonic crystal slab biosensors
Author :
El Beheiry, Mohamed ; Levi, Ofer
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Guided resonances in photonic crystal slabs exhibit important qualities for sensing applications. We demonstrate, through simulation and experiment, enhanced sensitivity and differences in properties between TE- and TM-like guided resonances in biosensing.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Microfluidics; Optical coupling; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Resonance; Slabs;
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
