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Marzhan Sypabekova¹, Aidan Hagemann¹, Jenna Kleiss¹

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798 USA.

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Summary

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This study enhances optical cavity-based biosensors (OCB) for healthcare. Optimized OCB design and detection methods improved the limit of detection by 7.2 times, enabling more sensitive point-of-care diagnostics.

Keywords:

High sensitivity low limit of detection (LOD)low-cost optical biosensors optical cavity-based biosensor (OCB)point-of-care biosensors refractive index (RI) detection

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Area of Science:

Biosensor technology
Optical cavity-based biosensors (OCB)
Healthcare diagnostics

Background:

Biosensors offer sensitive, specific, and portable healthcare solutions.
Optical cavity-based biosensors (OCB) provide label-free, real-time detection.
Previous work established OCBs with differential detection for small refractive index changes.

Purpose of the Study:

Optimize the optical cavity structure (OCS) and camera settings.
Enhance the differential detection approach for improved sensitivity.
Improve the limit of detection (LOD) for OCBs.

Main Methods:

Increased surface reflectance and optimized optical cavity widths.
Investigated the effect of charge-coupled device (CCD) camera shutter time on LOD.
Introduced a novel differential equation to boost system sensitivity.

Main Results:

Achieved a 7.2-fold improvement in the limit of detection (LOD).
Demonstrated enhanced sensitivity for a specific OCS configuration (9.881 μm thickness, 46.87 nm silver).
Validated the effectiveness of optimized OCS, camera settings, and differential detection.

Conclusions:

Optimized OCBs offer significantly enhanced detection capabilities.
Advancements pave the way for more sensitive point-of-care biosensors.
The study contributes to the development of next-generation diagnostic tools.