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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Opt Express. 2008 Aug 4;16(16):11741–11749. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.011741

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Principle of a PC-TIR sensor. (a), A sample sandwiched by two pieces of PC structures. We conceptually split this structure from the middle layer into two pieces. (b), Use only one piece of the PC structure in a TIR geometry. Owing to the TIR, conceptually an imaginary PC structure exists and forms a microcavity as if there would be two pieces of PC structures.(c),This PC-TIR sensor offers a unique sensing interface open for biomolecular assay.