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Single-ion detection

Optical sensing of individual ions in solution is made possible by combining a macroscopic dielectric photonic cavity with a nanoscale metal resonator. The approach provides a platform for interrogating single-ion binding events with metal surfaces.

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Figure 1: Schematic of a hybrid metal–dielectric photonic resonator.

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Gordon, R. Single-ion detection. Nature Photon 10, 697–698 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2016.212

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