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most citedExplaining the mechanism of random lasing based sensing

56 citations · 90 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.optics2025

DNA Sensing with Whispering Gallery Mode Microlasers

Soraya Caixeiro, Robert Dörrenhaus, Anna Popczyk +3

Nucleic acid sensing is crucial for advancing diagnostics, therapeutic monitoring and molecu-lar biology research, by enabling the precise identification of DNA and RNA interaction…

physics.optics2024

Optical Manipulation of Whispering Gallery Mode Microlasers for Precision Controlled Cellular Delivery

Soraya Caixeiro, Paloma Rodríguez-Sevilla, Kishan Dholakia +1

Whispering gallery mode microlasers are known for their high Q-factors, characteristic emission spectra and sensitivity to local refractive index changes. This sensitivity combined…

physics.optics2023★ 4 cited

Snapshot hyperspectral imaging of intracellular lasers

Soraya Caixeiro, Philip Wijesinghe, Kishan Dholakia +1

Intracellular lasers are emerging as powerful biosensors for multiplexed tracking and precision sensing of cells and their microenvironment. This sensing capacity is enabled by qua…

physics.optics2022★ 1 cited

Local sensing of absolute refractive index during protein-binding using microlasers with spectral encoding

Soraya Caixeiro, Casper Kunstmann-Olsen, Marcel Schubert +5

Multiplexed, specific and sensitive detection of antigens is critical for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of disease and the informed development of personalized treatment plans.…

physics.optics2020★ 29 cited

Flexible and tensile microporous polymer fibers for wavelength-tunable random lasing

Van Duong Ta, Dhruv Saxena, Soraya Caixeiro +1

Flexible and tensile wavelength-tunable micrometer-sized random lasers in the form of microporous polymer fiber are demonstrated. The fibers are fabricated by directly drawing from…

physics.optics2017

Microsphere solid state biolasers

Van Duong Ta, Soraya Caixeiro, Francisco M. Fernandes +1

Microsphere solid-state biolasers made of biomaterials-bovine serum albumin, pectin and cellulose are demonstrated. The fabrication is simple, based on emulsion, and with green pro…

physics.optics2017

Disordered Cellulose-based Nanostructures for Enhanced Light-scattering

Soraya Caixeiro, Matilda Peruzzo, Olimpia D. Onelli +2

Cellulose is the most abundant bio-polymer on earth. Cellulose fibres, such as the one extracted form cotton or woodpulp, have been used by humankind for hundreds of years to make…

physics.optics2016★ 56 cited

Explaining the mechanism of random lasing based sensing

Michele Gaio, Soraya Caixeiro, Benedetto Marelli +2

Here we report a random lasing based sensor which shows pH sensitivity exceeding by 2-orders of magnitude that of a conventional fluorescence sensor. We explain the sensing mechani…