2010
Volume 10, Number 2, p.p. 53–54
Quantification of the number of adsorbed bacteria on an optical waveguide
Y.-P. Yeh1, 2 and J.J. Ramsden1, *
1 Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL England
2 College of Engineering, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
A simple method is presented for determining the number of bacteria adsorbed on a planar optical waveguide from measurements of a single effective refractive index. It requires only knowledge of the shape and mean size of the bacteria.