• 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