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  • Noise in solid-state nanopores
    Smeets, R.M.M; Keyser, U.F; Dekker, N.H; Dekker, C

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 01/2008, Letnik: 105, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    We study ionic current fluctuations in solid-state nanopores over a wide frequency range and present a complete description of the noise characteristics. At low frequencies (f less, similar 100 Hz) we observe 1/f-type of noise. We analyze this low-frequency noise at different salt concentrations and find that the noise power remarkably scales linearly with the inverse number of charge carriers, in agreement with Hooge's relation. We find a Hooge parameter α = (1.1 ± 0.1) x 10⁻⁴. In the high-frequency regime (f greater, similar 1 kHz), we can model the increase in current power spectral density with frequency through a calculation of the Johnson noise. Finally, we use these results to compute the signal-to-noise ratio for DNA translocation for different salt concentrations and nanopore diameters, yielding the parameters for optimal detection efficiency.