Title :
Simple transverse mode analysis of cancer cells in optofluidic intracavity spectroscopy
Author :
Wang, Weina ; Lear, Kevin L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
Paraxial beam resonator analysis is applied to optofluidic intracavity spectroscopy treating individual hemangiosarcoma cells as a thin lens. The extracted experimental focal lengths are significantly larger for cancerous cells than for noncancerous cells.
Keywords :
bio-optics; cancer; cellular biophysics; microfluidics; optical resonators; cancer cells; focal length; hemangiosarcoma cells; noncancerous cells; optofluidic intracavity spectroscopy; paraxial beam resonator analysis; thin lens; transverse mode analysis;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698868
