Optical microcavity: Sensing down to single molecules and atoms

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1972-1991

  Yoshie, Tomoyuki ^a   Tang, Lingling ^a   Su, Shu Yu ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption sensing; Cavity QED; Index sensing; Microcavity; Photonic crystal; Quality factor; Single atom; Single molecule; Surface Bloch mode; Whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

OPTICAL PHENOMENA; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79952084423     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110201972     Document Type: Review

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