Index

B

biosensors
- optical biosensors, 61-70, see also separate entry

- porous silicon electrical and optical biosensors, 49-70, see also under porous silicon

biotin-streptavidin system, 32
Bragg phenomenon, 144-145
Bruggeman formalism, 61, 133, 138

C

chiral STFs, 134-135, 144-145
- circular Bragg phenomenon, 134-135
- optical applications, 135
chromophores
- interacting with gold nanoparticles, 104-117
- - binding event, 104-105

- - fluorophores quenching, 105-114

- - fluorophores unspecifically interacting with nanoparticles, 116-117
- - nonquenched fluorophores directly linked to nanoparticles, 114-115
- - place-exchange reactions on, dynamics, 112
- - pyrene-functionalized gold nanoparticles, 109-110
common-gate amplifier (CGA), 92
constitutive equations, 3
Coulomb blockade, 102
coupled-wave theory, 144, 155-159
- coupled-wave ODEs, 155-157
- solution of boundary value problem, 158-159
- transfer matrices, 157
coupling techniques, 23-27
- coupling angles, determination, 27
crossover phenomenon
- analytical reconstruction of, 154-162
- genesis of, 159-162
- of spectral holes, 152-154

D

DNA detection, 65-66
Doppler shifts, 1-2, 8

E

electrical biosensors, 54-61, see also under porous silicon

evanescent waves
- as nanoprobes for surfaces and interfaces, 19-41
- glass transition measurements in LB films, 34-39
- surface functionalization and reaction recognition, 27-30
- thin polymer films swelling in solvent vapor, 33-34
- waveguides, 19-27, see also separate

entry evanescent scattering microscopy, 39-40

F

Floquet harmonics, 136, 139-140, 146
Floquet-Bloch theorem, 136
Fresnel drag, 9, 25

full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM), 146

G

gold nanoparticles, luminescence of, 99-121, see also under luminescence

Goos-Hänchen shift, 20
gram-negative bacteria detection, 66-67

H

helicoidal morphology, of STFs, 129
heterogeneous integration and substrate removal, 78-80

I

IgG sensor, 69-70
inertial dielectric media
- electromagnetic waves in, 2-5

integrated optics sensor technology
- evanescent field in, 25
- sensitivity of, 30

K

Kronecker delta, 157

L

laser drivers, 85-92
- architecture, 85-86
- test setup and measured performance, 89-91
- three-stage transmitter design, implementation, and simulation, 87-89
- VCSEL and other models, 86-87
LB technique, 34-39
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), 66
Lorentz transformation, 3, 7-8, 10
Luminescence
- of gold nanoparticles, 99-121
- - chromophores interacting with gold nanoparticles, 104-117, see also under chromophores

- electrochemical studies of, 102
- photoluminescent gold nanoparticles, 117-121
luminescence bands, solid-state model for, 119

M

material interface case, 5-12
Maxwell's equations, 2, 4, 20
mesoion, 30-32
microcavity sensors, 63-64
moving dielectric interfaces
- as photonic wavelength converters, 1-16
- inertial dielectric media electromagnetic waves in, 2-5
- material interface case, 5-12
- traveling interface case, 12-16

N

nanoparticles
- capped nanoparticle, 101
- gold nanoparticles, luminescence of, 99-121, see also under luminescence

nematic morphology, of STFs, 129

O

oligonucleotide hybridization, 29
- label-free detection of, 32-33
optical biosensors, 61-70
- biological sensing, 65-70
- - DNA detection, 65-66
- - gram-negative bacteria detection, 66-67
- - IgG sensor, 69-70
- - protein sensing, 67-69
- microcavity sensor design and sensitivity, 63-64
- - PSi microcavity, fabrication, 65
- sensing principle, 61-63
optical modulation amplitude (OMA), 85
optical waveguide, 19-27
optical-electrical-optical (OEO) conversions, 1
optoelectronic-VLSI (OE-VLSI) technology

- assumptions in, 74
- device design, fabrication, and performance, 73-95
- enabling analog circuit designs and performance, 85-95
- - laser drivers, 85-92, see also separate entry

- - receivers, 92-94: preamplifier designs, 92
- heterogeneous integration, 77-80
- - VCSEL and PD design and specifications, 77-78: heterogeneous integration and substrate removal, 78-80; optical and electrical properities, 78
OE-VLSI ASIC architectures, 80-84
- modular architecture, 83-84
- pixelized/smart pixel architecture, 80-83
OE-VLSI ASIC design space, 74-77

P

photoluminescent gold nanoparticles, 117-121
photonic phenomena
- moving dielectric interfaces in, 1-16, see also under moving dielectric interfaces

pixelized/smart pixel architecture, 80-83
planewave solution procedure, 150-152
plasmon resonance band, 101
polymer monoand multi-layer LB films, glass transition measurements in, 34-39
porous silicon
- materials science of, 49-54
- - electrical biosensors, 54-61: biological sensing, 60-61; chemical sensing, 58-59; flow-through sensor fabrication, 56-58; sensing principle, 55-56

- - formation, 50
- - morphology and porosity, 49-51
- - optical and electrical properties, 51-53
- - physical properties, control, 51-54
- porous silicon electrical and optical biosensors, 49-70
Poynting vectors, 6, 9-11, 14-15
protein sensing, 67-69
pyrene-functionalized gold nanoparticles, 109-110

Q

quantum size effect, 100-101

R

Rayleigh-Wood anomalies, 136, 146
R-matrix propagating algorithm, 143

S

sculptured thin films (STFs), 129-163
- canonical delineation of, 131-133
- chiral STFs, 134-135, see also separate entry
- general picture, 129-130
- growth of, 130-131 PVD of, 129-131
- - materials used for, 129
- macroscopic conception, 131
- morphologies, canonical classes of, 129
- nematic and helicoidal morphologies of, 129
- slanted chiral STFs, optics of, 129-163, see also separate entry

silanization, 28
slanted chiral STFs, optics of, 129-163
- coupled-wave theory, 155-159, see also separate entry

- genesis, 135-137
- response to plane waves, 138-149
- - circular Bragg phenomenon at normal incidence, 144-147: chiral STFs, 144-145
- - circular Bragg phenomenon at oblique incidence, 147-149
- - electromagnetic wave propagation, 139-144: coupled-wave ODEs, 140-142; field representation, 139-140; planewave reflectance and transmittance, 143-144; solution of boundary value problem, 142-143

- geometry of the basic problem, 138-139

spectral holes in, 149-154
- crossover phenomenon of spectral holes, 152-154, see also under crossover phenomenon

- geometry of twist defect, 149-150
- planewave solution procedure, 150-152
Space Charge Region Modulation (SCRM) model, 55
Streptavidin, 32
surface functionalization, 27-30

T

tetratryptophan ter-cyclopentane (TWTCP), 66
transfer matrices, 157
transimpedance amplifier (TIA), 92
traveling interface case, 12-16

W

waveguides, 19-27
- applications
- - in integrated optics sensor technology, 25
- - in telecommunications, 22
- as nanoprobes for surfaces and interfaces, 19-41
- channel waveguides, 21
- - buried waveguide, 21
- - embedded channel waveguide, 21
- - strip loaded waveguide, 21
- characterization, measurement scheme for, 24
- classical coupling techniques, 23
- - end-fire coupling, 23
- - grating coupler, 23
- - prism coupler, 23

- fabrication, strategies for, 24

- free-standing waveguides, 21
- - fiber waveguide, 21-22
- - planar slab waveguide, 21-22
- geometries, 21
- photochemical isomerization reaction, monitoring, 30-32
- specific binding on, 28
- wavelength conversion, moving dielectric interfaces in, 1-16, see also under moving dielectric interfaces