Abstract
Biosensors based on surface plasmons have shown to be reliable and highly sensitive platforms. Here we investigate the feasibility and the potential of an alternative platform for biological sensing based on Bloch surface waves sustained by a one-dimensional photonic crystal made of dielectric materials.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Piliarik M, Homola J (2009) Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors: approaching their limits? Opt Expr 17:16505–16517
Danz N, Kick A, Sonntag F, Schmieder S, Höfer B, Klotzbach U, Mertig M (2011) Surface plasmon resonance platform technology for multi-parameter analyses on polymer chips. Eng Life Sci 11:566–572
Shinn M, Robertson WM (2005) Surface plasmon-like sensor based on surface electromagnetic waves in a photonic band-gap material. Sens Actuat B 105:360–364
Giorgis F, Descrovi E, Summonte C, Dominici L, Michelotti F (2010) Experimental determination of the sensitivity of Bloch Surface Waves based sensors. Opt Expr 18:8087–8093
Descrovi E, Sfez T, Quaglio M, Brunazzo D, Dominici L, Michelotti F, Herzig HP, Martin OJF, Giorgis F (2010) Guided Bloch surface waves on ultrathin polymeric ridges. Nano Lett 10:2087–2091
Michelotti F, Descrovi E (2011) Temperature stability of Bloch surface wave biosensors. Appl Phys Lett 99:231107–231109
Weast RC (1974) CRC handbook of chemistry and physics, 55th edn. CRC, Cleveland
Ameling R, Langguth L, Hentschel M, Mesch M, Braun PV, Giessen H (2010) Cavity-enhanced localized plasmon resonance sensing. Appl Phys Lett 97:253116–253118
Ballarini M, Frascella F, De Leo N, Ricciardi S, Rivolo P, Mandracci P, Enrico E, Giorgis F, Michelotti F, Descrovi E (2012) A polymer-based functional pattern on one-dimensional photonic crystals for photon sorting of fluorescence radiation. Opt Expr 20:6703–6711
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this paper
Cite this paper
Ballarini, M. et al. (2014). Bloch Surface Waves on Dielectric Photonic Crystals for Biological Sensing. In: Baldini, F., et al. Sensors. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 162. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3860-1_18
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3860-1_18
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3859-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-3860-1
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)