Rapid broad spectrum bacterial detection using electromagnetic cellular polarization and optical scattering

Author

Pu, Allen ; Psaltis, Demetri ; Kasdan, Harvey L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A bacterial detection scheme based on aligning the bacteria with an electric field and detecting the asymmetric optical scattering is demonstrated. This method uses no biochemical markers and can be applied in a point-of-care setting.

Keywords

bio-optics; biosensors; cellular biophysics; electro-optical effects; laser applications in medicine; light scattering; microorganisms; L. acidophilus; asymmetric optical scattering; biosensors; broad spectrum bacterial detection; electromagnetic cellular polarization; microorganism detection device; streptococcal chains; urinary tract infection screening; Biomedical optical imaging; Electrodes; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Glass; Light scattering; Microorganisms; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; (170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (170.7230) Urology; (290.5820) Scattering measurements; (290.5850) Scattering, particles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628253

Filename

4628253