Enhanced Optical Microresonators for Detecting Molecules

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-29640
Published November 01, 2001 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

Sensors based on microscopic optical resonators and arrays of such resonators have been proposed for detecting trace amounts of specific molecules in small gaseous, liquid, and solid samples. In addition to compactness, these sensors would offer ultrahigh sensitivity - in some cases, enough sensitivity to detect single molecules. These sensors could be especially useful in biochemical and biomedical applications.