• DocumentCode
    688793
  • Title

    A self-referencing biosensor based upon a dual-mode external cavity laser

  • Author

    Meng Zhang ; Chun Ge ; Meng Lu ; Zhixiong Zhang ; Cunningham, Brian T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated a dual-mode external cavity laser biosensor, and developed a self-referencing technique utilizing one of the two lasing modes as reference signal. This system achieves high-Q resonance, high sensitivity label-free detection and eliminates common-mode sources of sensor noise.
  • Keywords
    biosensors; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser noise; optical sensors; dual-mode external cavity laser biosensor; high sensitivity label-free detection; high-Q resonance; sensor noise; Biosensors; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Laser noise; Refractive index; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833168