Optimal self-referenced sensing using long- and
short- range surface plasmons

doi:10.1364/OE.15.017661

Optimal self-referenced sensing using long- and short- range surface plasmons

J. T. Hastings, J. Guo, P. D. Keathley, P. B. Kumaresh, Y. Wei, S. Law, and L. G. Bachas »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 26, pp. 17661-17672 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.017661

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Dual-mode surface-plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors use both long- and short- range surface plasmon waves to differentiate surface binding interactions from interfering bulk effects. We have optimized the design of these sensors for minimum surface limit of detection (LOD) using a Cramer-Rao lower bound for spectral shift estimation. Despite trade-offs between resonance width, minimum reflectivity, and sensitivity for the two modes, a range of reasonable design parameters provides nearly optimal performance. Experimental verification using biotin-streptavidin binding as a model system reveals that sensitivity and LOD for dual-mode sensors remains competitive with single-mode sensors while compensating for bulk effects.

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(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(280.4788) Remote sensing and sensors : Optical sensing and sensors

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: October 31, 2007
Revised Manuscript: November 29, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: December 1, 2007
Published: December 12, 2007

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Vol. 3, Iss. 1 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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J. T. Hastings, J. Guo, P. D. Keathley, P. B. Kumaresh, Y. Wei, S. Law, and L. G. Bachas, "Optimal self-referenced sensing using long- and short- range surface plasmons," Opt. Express 15, 17661-17672 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-26-17661

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Baek, T. J.
Boozer, C.
Burke, J. J.
Chen, S. F.
Christy, R. W.
Clendenning, J. B.
Dostalek, J.
Economou, E. N.
Furlong, C. E.
Hale, G. M.
Hastings, J. T.
Homola, J.
Jiang, S. Y.
Johnson, P. B.
Karl, W. C.
Kim, N. H.
Laue, E. D.
Lee, C. Y.
Lowry, J. H.
Lu, H. B.
Mendlowitz, J. S.
Nenninger, G. G.
Park, H. G.
Pien, H. H.
Querry, M. R.
Seong, G. H.
Seshia, A. A.
Shu, W. M.
Slavik, R.
Stegeman, G. I.
Subramanian, N. S.
Tamir, T.
Tobiska, P.
Vaisocherova, H.
Yee, S. S.
Yu, Q. M.

Anal. Bioanal. Chem.

J. Homola, "Present and future of surface plasmon resonance biosensors," Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 377, 528-539 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Anal. Sci.

N. H. Kim, T. J. Baek, H. G. Park, and G. H. Seong, "Highly sensitive biomolecule detection on a quartz crystal microbalance using gold nanoparticles as signal amplification probes," Anal. Sci. 23, 177-181 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Opt.

G. M. Hale and M. R. Querry, "Optical constants of water in the 200-nm to 200-µm wavelength region," Appl. Opt. 12, 555 (1973). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Biosens. Bioelectron.

W. M. Shu, E. D. Laue, and A. A. Seshia, "Investigation of biotin-streptavidin binding interactions using microcantilever sensors," Biosens. Bioelectron. 22, 2003-2009 (2007). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

J. Homola, H. B. Lu, and S. S. Yee, "Dual-channel surface plasmon resonance sensor with spectral discrimination of sensing channels using dielectric overlayer," Electron. Lett. 35, 1105-1106 (1999). [CrossRef]

IEEE Sensors J.

J. T. Hastings, "Optimizing Surface-Plasmon Resonance Sensors for Limit of Detection based on a Cramer-Rao Bound," IEEE Sensors J. (to be published) (2007).

IEEE Trans. Signal Process

W. C. Karl and H. H. Pien, "High-resolution biosensor spectral peak shift estimation," IEEE Trans. Signal Process 53, 4631-4639 (2005). [CrossRef]

Meas. Sci. Technol.

R. Slavik, J. Homola, and H. Vaisocherova, "Advanced biosensing using simultaneous excitation of short and long range surface plasmons," Meas. Sci. Technol. 17, 932-938 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

J. H. Lowry, J. S. Mendlowitz, and N. S. Subramanian, "Optical characteristics of Teflon Af(R) Fluoroplastic Materials," Opt. Eng. 31, 1982-1985 (1992). [CrossRef]

Phys Rev B

J. J. Burke, G. I. Stegeman, and T. Tamir, "Surface-polariton-like waves guided by thin, lossy metal-films," Phys Rev B 33, 5186-5201 (1986). [CrossRef]
P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, "Optical-constants of noble-metals," Phys Rev B 6, 4370-4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev.

E. N. Economou, "Surface Plasmons in Thin Films," Phys. Rev. 182, 539-554 (1969). [CrossRef]

Sens. Actuators B

J. Homola, H. B. Lu, G. G. Nenninger, J. Dostalek, and S. S. Yee, "A novel multichannel surface plasmon resonance biosensor," Sens. Actuators B 76, 403-410 (2001). [CrossRef]
C. Boozer, Q. M. Yu, S. F. Chen, C. Y. Lee, J. Homola, S. S. Yee, and S. Y. Jiang, "Surface functionalization for self-referencing surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors by multi-step self-assembly," Sens. Actuators B 90, 22-30 (2003). [CrossRef]
G. G. Nenninger, P. Tobiska, J. Homola, and S. S. Yee, "Long-range surface plasmons for high-resolution surface plasmon resonance sensors," Sens. Actuators B 74, 145-151 (2001). [CrossRef]
G. G. Nenninger, J. B. Clendenning, C. E. Furlong, and S. S. Yee, "Reference-compensated biosensing using a dual-channel surface plasmon resonance sensor system based on a planar lightpipe configuration," Sens. Actuators B 51, 38-45 (1998). [CrossRef]

Other

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"Data sheet for N-BK7," (Schott North America Inc., 2001).
R. Donipudi, S. Pochiraju, and J. T. Hastings, "Self-referenced SPR sensing via simultaneous excitation of long- and short-range surface plasmons," Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (2006). [CrossRef]

2007, Hastings, IEEE Sensors J.
2007, Kim, Anal. Sci.
2007, Shu, Biosens. Bioelectron.
2006, Slavik, Meas. Sci. Technol.
2005, Karl, IEEE Trans. Signal Process
2003, Boozer, Sens. Actuators B
2003, Homola, Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
2001, Homola, Sens. Actuators B
2001, Nenninger, Sens. Actuators B
1999, Homola, Electron. Lett.
1998, Nenninger, Sens. Actuators B
1992, Lowry, Opt. Eng.
1986, Burke, Phys Rev B
1973, Hale, Appl. Opt.
1972, Johnson, Phys Rev B
1969, Economou, Phys. Rev.

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