Label-free optical biosensing with slot-waveguides

Opt Lett. 2008 Apr 1;33(7):708-10. doi: 10.1364/ol.33.000708.

Abstract

We demonstrate label-free molecule detection by using an integrated biosensor based on a Si(3)N(4)/SiO(2) slot-waveguide microring resonator. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and anti-BSA molecular binding events on the sensor surface are monitored through the measurement of resonant wavelength shifts with varying biomolecule concentrations. The biosensor exhibited sensitivities of 1.8 and 3.2 nm/(ng/mm(2)) for the detection of anti-BSA and BSA, respectively. The estimated detection limits are 28 and 16 pg/mm(2) for anti-BSA and BSA, respectively, limited by wavelength resolution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • Cattle
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Lasers
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry / methods

Substances

  • Serum Albumin, Bovine