DNA optical nanofibers: preparation and characterization
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Weihong Long; Weiwen Zou; Xinwan Li; Jianping Chen
- Source
- Optics express. 20(16)
- Subject
- Male
Materials science
Optical fiber
genetic structures
Silica fiber
Optical Phenomena
Scanning electron microscope
Infrared
Nanofibers
Physics::Optics
Nanotechnology
Light scattering
law.invention
Physics::Fluid Dynamics
law
Animals
business.industry
Doping
Fishes
DNA
Silicon Dioxide
Spermatozoa
eye diseases
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Nanofiber
sense organs
Photonics
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1094-4087
We demonstrate the preparation and characterization of DNA optical nanofibers. The prepared DNA optical nanofibers with strong strength and high flexibility are tested. Coupled with silica fiber tapers, their optical characteristics including light transmission performance, group delay and chromatic dispersion are experimentally investigated. The visible and near infrared light waveguiding properties of the DNA optical nanofibers with and without R6G doping are also studied. It is expected that the DNA optical nanofibers may be potential for building the miniaturized biomedical photonic devices.