Molecular buffer using a PANDA ring resonator for drug delivery use

Abstract

A novel design of molecular buffer for molecule storage and delivery using a PANDA ring resonator is proposed. The optical vortices can be generated and controlled to form the trapping tools in the same way as the optical tweezers. In theory, the trapping force is formed by the combination between the gradient field and scattering photons, which is reviewed. By using the intense optical vortices generated within the PANDA ring resonator, the required molecules can be trapped and moved (transported) dynamically within the wavelength router or network, ie, a molecular buffer. This can be performed within the wavelength router before reaching the required destination. The advantage of the proposed system is that a transmitter and receiver can be formed within the same system, which is available for molecule storage and transportation.

Keywords:

• molecular buffer
• molecular memory
• molecular transceiver
• molecular repeater
• PANDA ring resonator

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Institute of Advanced Photonics Science, Enabling Science and Nanotechnology (ESciNano) Research Alliance, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM), and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology (KMITL), Thailand for the support in providing the research facilities. This research work has been supported by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), FRGS-grant 78452.

One of the authors (N Suwanpayak) would like to acknowledge King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok (KMITL), Thailand for partial support in higher education at KMITL, Thailand.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.