Diffraction enhancement via Bloch Surface Waves in a-SiN:H multilayers
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Liscidini, Marco; Galli, Matteo; Patrini, Maddalena; Loo, Richard; Goh, Cynthia; Ricciardi, Carlo; Giorgis, Fabrizio; Sipe, J. E.
- Source
- 2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on. :1-2 May, 2009
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Photonics and Electrooptics
Surface waves
Nonhomogeneous media
Optical surface waves
Diffraction gratings
Biosensors
Optical diffraction
Proteins
Optical sensors
Absorption
Electromagnetic diffraction
(230.5298) Photonic Crystals
(230.1950) Diffraction gratings
(280.4788) Optical sensing and sensors
- Language
- ISSN
- 2160-9004
Using the excitation of a Bloch Surface Wave (BSW), we demonstrate a 45-fold diffraction enhancement for a protein grating printed on a-SiN:H multilayers. This may lead to a new generation of high sensitivity diffraction-based biosensors.