@inproceedings{989fdcee35c842e98ec690a541ba587f,
title = "Design and characterization of optofluidic photonic crystal structures for the detection of fluorescent-labeled biomolecules",
abstract = "The combination of optics and microfluidics into optofluidic systems has provided a means of creating portable integrated platforms for performing fluorescence emission analyses in fieldable systems. We present here the design of a photonic crystal transducer for highly sensitive and selective fluorescence-based biomolecule detection using a reduced-size lattice nanocavity tuned for resonance at emission wavelengths. This novel approach to biosensing is based upon photonic crystal defect structures that are engineered to act as waveguides, optical resonant cavities, and nanofluidic flow channels. This paper will discuss modeling, design, and nanofabrication of optofluidic photonic crystal (PhC) transducers in silicon and GaN materials. First-order results of PhC optical property characterization will be provided. Preliminary simulations indicate that fluorescence emission intensity inside of a PhC resonant defect nanocavity is enhanced to a level 26 times greater than emission outside of a defect due to resonant optical confinement and the Purcell effect.",
author = "Dawson, {J. M.} and Tompkins, {R. P.} and Nightingale, {J. R.} and S. Yeldandi and K. Jo and Cao, {X. A.} and Hornak, {L. A.} and D. Korakakis and T. Myers and A. Timperman",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1149/1.3005400",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ECS Transactions",
publisher = "Electrochemical Society Inc.",
number = "22",
pages = "27--38",
booktitle = "ECS Transactions - Electrochemical Nano/Biosensors",
edition = "22",
note = "Electrochemical Nano/Biosensors - 213th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society ; Conference date: 18-05-2008 Through 23-05-2009",
}