Systems and methods for particle detection
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1. A particle detection system comprising:
- at least one tapered optical fiber;
a light source configured to transmit light through said at least one tapered optical fiber;
a photodetector configured to measure a transmitted power of the light being transmitted through said at least one optical fiber; and
a computing device coupled to said photodetector and configured to determine, without coupling said at least one tapered optical fiber to a resonator, whether a nanoparticle is present within an evanescent field of said at least one tapered optical fiber based on a discrete jump in the transmitted power of the light.
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Abstract
A particle detection system is provided. The particle detection system includes at least one tapered optical fiber, a light source configured to transmit light through the at least one tapered optical fiber, a photodetector configured to measure a characteristic of the light being transmitted through the at least one optical fiber, and a computing device coupled to the photodetector and configured to determine whether a nanoparticle is present within an evanescent field of the at least one tapered optical fiber based on the measured light characteristic.
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1. A particle detection system comprising:
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at least one tapered optical fiber; a light source configured to transmit light through said at least one tapered optical fiber; a photodetector configured to measure a transmitted power of the light being transmitted through said at least one optical fiber; and a computing device coupled to said photodetector and configured to determine, without coupling said at least one tapered optical fiber to a resonator, whether a nanoparticle is present within an evanescent field of said at least one tapered optical fiber based on a discrete jump in the transmitted power of the light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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7. A method for detecting nanoparticles, said method comprising:
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transmitting light through a tapered optical fiber; measuring a transmitted power of the light being transmitted through the tapered optical fiber; and determining, without coupling the tapered optical fiber to a resonator, whether a nanoparticle is present within an evanescent field of the tapered optical fiber based on a discrete jump in the transmitted power of the light. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of assembling a particle detector, said method comprising:
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coupling a tapered optical fiber to a light source, the light source being configured to transmit light through the tapered optical fiber; coupling a photodetector to the tapered optical fiber, the photodetector being configured to measure a transmitted power of the light being transmitted through the tapered optical fiber; and coupling a computing device to the photodetector, the computing device being configured to determine, without coupling the tapered optical fiber to a resonator, whether nanoparticles are present within an evanescent field of the tapered optical fiber based on a discrete jump in the transmitted power of the light. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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