Surface plasmon resonance light pipe sensor
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    发明授权
    Surface plasmon resonance light pipe sensor 失效
    表面等离子体共振光管传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5991048A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-23

    申请号:US738360

    申请日:1996-10-25

    摘要: The present invention provides SPR sensors in which the sensing element is a planar lightpipe. The sensors of this invention include configurations which employ multiwavelength light incident on the SPR sensing area at a single angle or at a range of angles. Sensors of this invention also include configurations that employ monochromatic light at a range of angles. Many of the configurations of the SPR lightpipe sensors of this invention involve imaging of input light through the lightpipe. In one embodiment, the invention provides a first order SPR sensor system in which the sensing element is a planar lightpipe. Light coupled into the lightpipe reflects off an SPR sensing area positioned on an external surface planar surface of the lightpipe. Multiwavelength light that is coupled into the lightpipe input face at a range of angles propagates through the lightpipe by total internal reflection (TIR), making multiple reflections, and exits in a series of angular bands each containing spectral information (including SPR features)for a small range of incidence angles. A detector or detectors are positioned to measure the reflection spectrum, including any surface plasmon resonance feature, of one or preferably more than one of the angular bands exiting the lightpipe. SPR sensor configurations include those that have multiple sensing channels and those which can be multiplexed. This invention provides SPR sensors with planar lightpipe sensing elements and method of detecting analytes in samples using these sensors. The invention also provides planar lightpipe that have a plurality of SPR sensing layers on a planar surface.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了SPR传感器,其中感测元件是平面光管。 本发明的传感器包括采用在单个角度或角度范围内入射到SPR感测区域的多波长光的配置。 本发明的传感器还包括采用角度范围内的单色光的构造。 本发明的SPR光管传感器的许多配置涉及通过光管对输入光的成像。 在一个实施例中,本发明提供了第一级SPR传感器系统,其中感测元件是平面光管。 耦合到光管中的光从位于光管的外表面平面上的SPR感测区域反射出来。 以一定范围的角度耦合到光管输入面中的多波长光通过全内反射(TIR)传播通过光管,进行多次反射,并在一系列角频带中退出,每个角带包含光谱信息(包括SPR特征),用于 入射角范围小。 定位检测器或检测器以测量离开光管的一个或优选多于一个角带的反射光谱,包括任何表面等离子体共振特征。 SPR传感器配置包括具有多个感测通道的那些,以及可复用的那些。 本发明提供具有平面光管感测元件的SPR传感器以及使用这些传感器检测样品中的分析物的方法。 本发明还提供了在平坦表面上具有多个SPR感测层的平面光管。