Open-access microcavities for chemical sensing.
11 November 2016
Abstract
The recent development of open-access optical microcavities opens up a number of intriguing possibilities in the realm of chemical sensing. We provide an overview of the different possible sensing modalities, with examples of refractive index sensing, optical absorption measurements, and optical tracking and trapping of nanoparticles.
The extremely small mode volumes within an optical microcavity allow very small numbers of molecules to be probed: our current best detection limits for refractive index and absorption sensing are around 105 and 102 molecules, respectively, with scope for further improvements in the future.
Citation
Vallance, C., Trichet, A.A., James, D., Dolan, P.R. and Smith, J.M., 2016. Open-access microcavities for chemical sensing. Nanotechnology, 27(27), p.274003.
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Category: Photonics & Optoelectronics