Polymer waveguide label-free biosensors with enhanced sensitivity by incorporating low-refractive-index polymers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 973-980

  Kim, Jun Whee ^a   Kim, Kyung Jo ^a   Yi, Jeong Ah ^a   Oh, Min Cheol ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; polymer waveguides

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTION; BRAGG REFLECTION GRATINGS; CONCENTRATION OF; CORE LAYERS; DISPOSABLE BIOSENSOR; EFFECTIVE INDEX; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; LABEL-FREE BIOSENSOR; NANO-IMPRINTING; NON-SPECIFIC BINDING; PEAK WAVELENGTH SHIFT; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERIC WAVEGUIDE; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SATURATED OUTPUT;

ANTIGENS; BIOASSAY; BRAGG REFLECTORS; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION MOLDING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LABELS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONICS; PHOTORESISTS; PLASMA ETCHING; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 77955513956     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2032759     Document Type: Article

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