PlumX Metrics
Embed PlumX Metrics

Nanoparticle sensing beyond evanescent field interaction with a quasi-droplet microcavity

Optica, ISSN: 2334-2536, Vol: 5, Issue: 6, Page: 674-677
2018
  • 73
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 47
    Captures
  • 6
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
Metric Options:   Counts1 Year3 Year

Metrics Details

  • Citations
    73
    • Citation Indexes
      73
  • Captures
    47
  • Mentions
    6
    • News Mentions
      5
      • 5
    • Blog Mentions
      1
      • 1

Most Recent Blog

Nanoparticle detection with whispers and bubbles

Caption: A magnified photograph of a glass Whispering Gallery Resonator. The bubble is extremely small, less than the width of a human hair. Credit: OIST

Most Recent News

Bubbles and whispers - glass bubbles boost nanoparticle detection

Technology created by researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) is literally shedding light on some of the smallest particles to detect their presence - and it's made from tiny glass bubbles. The technology has its roots in a peculiar physical phenomen...

Letter Description

Sensing with whispering gallery resonators (WGRs) is largely limited by the weak perturbation of the whispering gallery mode (WGM) via the evanescent field. A new sensing regime using quasi-droplet WGMs allows WGRs to move beyond the limitation of the evanescent field and push the detection sensitivity to new heights. We present experimental results on the detection of 100 nm and 500 nm polystyrene particles in aqueous solution using thin-walled, hollow WGRs supporting quasi-droplet modes. The detection sensitivity in terms of mode shift and broadening is measured, with mode shifts of 400 MHz observed for 100 nm particles. In terms of the number of linewidths, this is 276 times larger than similar experiments with microsphere WGRs, thus showing a significant increase in detection sensitivity beyond the capability of standard evanescent field sensing with WGRs.

Bibliographic Details

Provide Feedback

Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know