Label-Free Biosensing With a Slot-Waveguide-Based Ring Resonator in Silicon on Insulator Export

@article{citeulike:5957476, abstract = {We present a slot-waveguide-based ring resonator in silicon on insulator (SOI) with a footprint of only 13 mum times 10 mum, fabricated with optical lithography. Experiments show that it has 298 nm/RIU sensitivity and a detection limit of 4.2middot10^-5 RIU for changes in the refractive index of the top cladding. We prove for the first time that surface chemistry for selective label-free sensing of proteins can be applied inside a 100 nm-wide slot region and demonstrate that the application of a slot waveguide instead of a normal waveguide increases the sensitivity of an SOI ring resonator with a factor 3.5 for the detection of proteins.}, author = {Claes, T. and Molera, J. G. and De Vos, K. and Schacht, E. and Baets, R. and Bienstman, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5957476}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2031596}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5232865}, day = {04}, doi = {10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2031596}, journal = {Photonics Journal, IEEE}, keywords = {biosensor, biotin, citing\_me, det\_lim\_comp, experiment, nacl, refractometry, ring\_resonator, sensor, silicon, silicon\_oxide, slot\_waveguide, soi, waveguide}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {197--204}, posted-at = {2009-10-17 21:40:07}, priority = {5}, title = {Label-Free Biosensing With a Slot-Waveguide-Based Ring Resonator in Silicon on Insulator}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2031596}, volume = {1}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5957476 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5957476 N2 - We present a slot-waveguide-based ring resonator in silicon on insulator (SOI) with a footprint of only 13 mum times 10 mum, fabricated with optical lithography. Experiments show that it has 298 nm/RIU sensitivity and a detection limit of 4.2middot10^-5 RIU for changes in the refractive index of the top cladding. We prove for the first time that surface chemistry for selective label-free sensing of proteins can be applied inside a 100 nm-wide slot region and demonstrate that the application of a slot waveguide instead of a normal waveguide increases the sensitivity of an SOI ring resonator with a factor 3.5 for the detection of proteins. IS - 3 JF - Photonics Journal, IEEE EP - 204 TI - Label-Free Biosensing With a Slot-Waveguide-Based Ring Resonator in Silicon on Insulator VL - 1 SP - 197 KW - biosensor KW - biotin KW - citing_me KW - det_lim_comp KW - experiment KW - nacl KW - refractometry KW - ring_resonator KW - sensor KW - silicon KW - silicon_oxide KW - slot_waveguide KW - soi KW - waveguide AU - Claes, T AU - Molera, JG AU - De Vos, K AU - Schacht, E AU - Baets, R AU - Bienstman, P PY - 2009/09/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2031596 ER -