Optical microcavities that confine light in high-Q resonance promise all of the capabilities
required for a successful next-generation microsystem biodetection technology. Label-free …

Optofluidics is an emerging field that involves the use of fluids to modify optical properties
and the use of optical devices to detect flowing media. Ultimately, its value is highly …

Whispering gallery modes (WGMs) supported with micrometer resonators have been widely
applied in optical sensing and lasing action. In general, WGMs with high-quality factors can …

Metallic nanostructures including single and double nanodisks are successfully used to
enhance the localized electric field in vicinity of microcavity in whispering gallery mode …

The evanescent fields of whispering-gallery modes of a high-Q dielectric microresonator are
locally enhanced via excitation of the surface plasmon resonances of gold nanorods grown …

Bowl-shaped plasmonic whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators were fabricated from a
10-nm-thick metal (Al, Ag, or Au) plasmonic layer that was covered with a 100-nm-thick 4 …

For the first time, metallic diffraction grating is investigated to enable efficient coupling in the
whispering gallery resonator (WGR). Six-fold field enhancement in the resonator is achieved …

Abstract Bowl-shaped 20-μm-diameter plasmonic whispering gallery mode (WGM)
resonators were fabricated from individual metals (Al, Ag, or Au) and organic materials …

The prism coupling with Krestchmann configuration is a well established technique in
studying the SPR phenomenon. We report the possibility of planar coupling as an alternative …

Optoplasmonic structures contain plasmonic components embedded in a defined photonic
environment to create synergistic interactions between photonic and plasmonic …