Biosensing with the singular phase of an ultrathin metal-dielectric nanophotonic cavity

Optical sensors generally rely on abrupt phase changes to detect the presence of an analyte, but oftentimes they require complex nanostructures. Here, Sreekanth et al. use a simple asymmetric thin-film multilayer stack to demonstrate a point of darkness and phase singularity to develop a sensitive b...

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Main Authors: Kandammathe Valiyaveedu Sreekanth, Sivaramapanicker Sreejith, Song Han, Amita Mishra, Xiaoxuan Chen, Handong Sun, Chwee Teck Lim, Ranjan Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02860-6