DocumentCode
2749766
Title
Neuron mid-infrared absorption study for direct optical excitation of neurons
Author
Guo, Dingkai ; Chen, Xing ; Vadala, Shilpa ; Leach, Jennie ; Choa, Fow-Sen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
9-13 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
491
Lastpage
492
Abstract
Neuron optical excitations are important for brain-circuitry explorations and sensory-neuron-stimulation applications. To optimize the stimulation, we identify neuron mid-IR absorption peaks in this study and discuss their meanings and delivery methods of mid-IR photons.
Keywords
absorption coefficients; brain; neurophysiology; photons; brain-circuitry explorations; direct optical excitation; mid-IR photons; neuron midinfrared absorption; neuron optical excitations; sensory-neuron-stimulation applications; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Neurons; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8940-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110641
Filename
6110641
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