Whispering gallery mode sensing with a dual frequency comb probe

Opt Express. 2012 Jan 30;20(3):3066-75. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.003066.

Abstract

Silica microspheres are probed with a dual comb interferometry setup. The impulse responses of these microresonators are measured with a temporal resolution smaller than 400 fs over more than 200 ps. The amplitudes and phases of the impulse responses are interpreted as providing sensing information. The more familiar transmission spectra corresponding to the measured impulse responses are also calculated and shown. Sensing is demonstrated by varying the concentration of isopropanol in de-ionized water surrounding the microsphere and by binding bovine serum albumin on the silanized microsphere surface.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Interferometry / instrumentation*
  • Microspheres
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Transducers*

Substances

  • Silicon Dioxide