• DocumentCode
    732547
  • Title

    Single molecule detection with an optomechanical nanosensor

  • Author

    Wenyan Yu ; Wei Jiang ; Qiang Lin ; Tao Lu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report 50-milli-Hertz-linewidth optomechanical oscillation of a silica microsphere immersed in a buffer solution. Using the microsphere as a nanosensor, single 10-nm-radius silica beads and Bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein molecules were detected.
  • Keywords
    biochemistry; biological techniques; chemical sensors; micro-optics; microsensors; molecular biophysics; nanobiotechnology; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical sensors; photodetectors; proteins; radiation pressure; silicon compounds; spectral line breadth; BSA protein molecule detection; SiO2; bovine serum albumin; buffer solution; fifty-milli-hertz-linewidth optomechanical oscillation; optomechanical nanosensor; radius 10 nm; silica microsphere; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Oscillators; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7182980
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=732547