Single nanoparticle detection using split-mode microcavity Raman lasers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 14657-14662

  Li, Bei Bei ^a   Clements, William R ^a   Yu, Xiao Chong ^a   Shi, Kebin ^a,b   Gong, Qihuang ^a,b   Xiao, Yun Feng ^a,b   Painter, Oskar J ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Label free; Mode splitting; Optical microcavity; Optical sensor; Stimulated raman scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907943442     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1408453111     Document Type: Article

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