Enhancing light-matter interaction via Bloch surface waves for biosensing applications

ICTON 2009: 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Liscidini, M ^a   Galli, M ^a   Patrini, M ^a   Dacarro, G ^a   Andreani, L C ^a   Bajoni, D ^a   Ricciardi, C ^b   Giorgis, F ^b   Loo, R W ^c   Goh, M C ^c   Shi, M ^b   Sipe, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Diffraction grating; Emission; Photonic crystals; Sensing; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; BIOSENSING; BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; DIFFRACTION SIGNALS; EMISSION; INCIDENT LIGHT BEAMS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; SENSING;

BIOSENSORS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIGHT; MONOLAYERS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACE WAVES; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS; WATER WAVES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 70449333351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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