Organic semiconductor laser biosensor: design and performance discussion

Anne-Marie Haughey; Glenn McConnell; Benoit Guilhabert; Glenn A. Burley; Martin D. Dawson; Nicolas Laurand

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2448058

Organic semiconductor laser biosensor: design and performance discussion

Anne-Marie Haughey, Glenn McConnell, Benoit Guilhabert, Glenn A. Burley, Martin D. Dawson, Nicolas Laurand

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Abstract

Organic distributed feedback lasers can detect nanoscale materials and are therefore an attractive sens- ing platform for biological and medical applications. In this paper, we present a model for optimizing such laser sensors and discuss the advantages of using an organic semiconductor as the laser material in comparison to dyes in a matrix. The structure of the sensor and its operation principle are described. Bulk and surface sensing exper- imental data using oligofluorene truxene macromolecules and a conjugated polymer for the gain region is shown to correspond to modeled values and is used to assess the biosensing attributes of the sensor. A comparison between organic semiconductor and dye-doped laser sensitivity is made and analyzed theoretically. Finally, experimental and theoretical specific biosensing data is provided and methods for improving sensitivity are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	1300109
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	22
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Aug 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2448058
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2016

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distributed feedback devices
biophotonics
organic semiconductors

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