Sensor Can Detect Single Nanoparticle

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

[caption id="attachment_11145" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="The high-Q microresonators could be mass produced by the hundreds of thousands on silicon wafers. Each torus is 20 to 30 micrometers across. In this image, two particles (bright spots) have landed on the closest microresonator and are acting as scattering centers that disturb the light ...