2006, Hradetzky, David, Mueller, Claas, Reinecke, Holger

This work presents a simple evanescent wave sensing system based on an interferometric approach, suitable to meet the requirements of label-free sensor systems for detecting biomolecular interactions. It represents a basic concept towards label-free detection systems in various applications. The basic objectives of transducers for evanescent wave sensing are discussed. An optical detection system based on a interferometric approach using Young's double slit configuration is discussed, set-up and characterized. With refractometric measurements of various sucrose dilutions, the performance of the pure optical set-up is evaluated.

2005, Hradetzky, David, Müller, Claas, Reinecke, Holger

2005, Hradetzky, David, Müller, Claas, Reinecke, Holger

This work presents a simple evanescent wave sensing system based on an interferometric approach suitable to meet the demands on label free sensor systems for the detection of biomolecular interactions especially. It is representing a basic concept towards high throughput application. The system performance and reproducibility was evaluated with refractometric measurements of sucrose dilutions. A mean resolution of the effective refractive index of 3sigma(Deltamacrnmacr eff )=0.9middot10 -6 without averaging and a reproducibility below sigma r =0.1middot10 -6 were achieved. The suitability for the detection of biomolecular interactions was validated with the detection of a DNA hybridization