2016 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2016

Development of a tapered fiber probe

14 Jun 2016, 13:30

15m

Colonel By C03 (University of Ottawa)

Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition) Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB) T2-2 Nonlinear Dynamics (DPMB) / Dynamiques non linéaires (DPMB)

Speaker

Mr Joshua Trevisanutto (Lakehead University)

Description

Recent advancements in nanotechnology have attracted worldwide attention. The potential applications of metallic nanoparticles, especially gold nanoparticles or nanorods (or gold colloids), are very promising and attractive. The unique optical, chemical, and physical properties of gold nanoparticles make them an ideal candidate for biochemical sensing, medical diagnostics/therapeutics, imaging contrast agents, and photonic devices. The Photonics Research Group at Lakehead University is working towards the development of a photonics device to detect chemicals (e.g., proteins) using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). We will present the design of a probe using an optical fiber and its application in sensing. The research was financially supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Agrium Inc.