Optimum taper length for maximum fluorescence signal from an evanescent wave fiber optic biosensor

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6852, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sun, Kailiang ^a   Kapoor, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Evanescent wave; Fiber optic; Fluorescence; Tapered fibers

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD PRODUCTS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RAY TRACING; SENSORS; WAVES;

(060.2410) FIBERS; EVANESCENT WAVE (EW); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FIBER OPTIC BIOSENSOR; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALING; MATCHING CONDITIONS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); RAY-TRACING METHODS; TAPER ANGLES; TAPER LENGTH;

FIBERS;

EID: 42149158946     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.771414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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