Label-free biosensor array based on silicon-on-insulator ring resonators addressed using a WDM approach

Opt Lett. 2010 Aug 15;35(16):2771-3. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.002771.

Abstract

We report a silicon-on-insulator ring resonator biosensor array with one output port, using wavelength division multiplexing as the addressing scheme. With the use of on-chip referencing for environmental drift cancellation, simultaneous monitoring of multiplexed molecular bindings is demonstrated, with a resolution of 0.3 pg/mm(2) (40 ag of total mass) for protein concentrations over 4 orders of magnitude down to 20 pM. Reactions are measured over time periods as long as 3 h with high stability.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Cattle
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Microtechnology
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / analysis
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / immunology
  • Silicon*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Silicon