Label-free fiber optic biosensors with enhanced sensitivity

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1691-1696

  Yang, Jian ^a,b   Sandhu, Pawan ^b   Liang, Wanguo ^b   Xu, Chang Qing ^a,b   Li, Yingfu ^b  

^a IEEE

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical transducers; Michelson interferometers; Optical fiber gratings; Optical fiber transducers

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODYANTIGEN IMMUNO SENSING; DIAMETER REDUCED CLADDING; LABEL FREE BIOSENSOR; OPTICAL FIBER TRANSDUCERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 38149087570     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910999     Document Type: Article

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