DocumentCode
1663602
Title
Lasing from living biological cells expressing green fluorescent protein
Author
Gather, Malte C. ; Yun, Seok Hyun
Author_Institution
Inst. fuer Angewandte Photophysik, Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that GFP, a biologically produced material, is a viable optical gain medium and construct true bio-lasers, in which the optical gain is provided by living mammalian or bacterial cells synthesizing GFP.
Keywords
bio-optics; cellular biophysics; fluorescence; lasers; microorganisms; molecular biophysics; proteins; GFP; bacterial cells; biolasers; biologically produced material; green fluorescent protein expression; lasing; living biological cells; living mammalian; viable optical gain medium; Cavity resonators; Fluorescence; Microorganisms; Optical resonators; Proteins; Surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326025
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