Photonic Sensors, Volume. 3, Issue 3, 231(2013)

Four-Channel Label-Free Photonic Crystal Biosensor Using Nanocavity Resonators

Saeed OLYAEE1、*, Samira NAJAFGHOLINEZHAD1, and and Hamed ALIPOUR BANAEI2
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  • 1Nano-photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory (NORLab), Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran
  • 2Electrical Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
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    In this paper, we design and characterize a novel small size four-channel biosensor based on the two-dimensional photonic crystal with introducing waveguides and nano-cavities in the hexagonal lattice of air pores in the silicon slab. By removing a group of air pores, waveguides are achieved, and nano-cavities are shaped by modifying the radius of air pores. Highly parallel operation of this biosensor due to the special architecture is the capability of the designed structure. The biomaterials which are suspended in a liquid medium inside nano-cavities cause effective refractive index changes which lead to the resonant wavelength shift in the output terminal. According to results, with increasing the refractive index of nano-cavities, resonant wavelengths shifts to longer values. For biochemical sensing like DNA molecule and protein and for the refractive index detection, this novel designed biosensor can be utilized.

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    Saeed OLYAEE, Samira NAJAFGHOLINEZHAD, and Hamed ALIPOUR BANAEI. Four-Channel Label-Free Photonic Crystal Biosensor Using Nanocavity Resonators[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2013, 3(3): 231

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    Paper Information

    Received: Feb. 1, 2013

    Accepted: Apr. 19, 2013

    Published Online: Nov. 14, 2013

    The Author Email: OLYAEE Saeed (s_olyaee@srttu.edu)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-013-0110-y

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