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Open-access microcavities for chemical sensing

Abstract:
The recent development of open-access optical microcavities opens up a number of intriguing possibilities in the realm of chemical sensing. We provide an overview of the different possible sensing modalities, with examples of refractive index sensing, optical absorption measurements, and optical tracking and trapping of nanoparticles. The extremely small mode volumes within an optical microcavity allow very small numbers of molecules to be probed: our current best detection limits for refractive index and absorption sensing are around 10(5) and 10(2) molecules, respectively, with scope for further improvements in the future.
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10.1088/0957-4484/27/27/274003

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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MPLS
Department:
Chemistry
Sub department:
Physical & Theoretical Chem
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University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Materials
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Chemistry
Sub department:
Physical & Theoretical Chem
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Materials
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Materials
Role:
Author


Publisher:
IOP Science
Journal:
Nanotechnology More from this journal
Volume:
27
Issue:
27
Article number:
274003
Publication date:
2016-07-01
Acceptance date:
2016-05-04
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EISSN:
1361-6528
ISSN:
0957-4484


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English
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pubs:625622
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2016-06-08
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