Title :
Achiral and chiral sum frequency vibrational spectroscopy of collagen fibrils
Author :
Rocha-Mendoza, I. ; Yankelevich, D.R. ; Wang, M. ; Bratton, C. ; Reiser, K.M. ; Frank, C.W. ; Knoesen, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA
Abstract :
The noncentrosymmetric molecular structures responsible for the second order nonlinear effects of collagen fibrils are identified by sum frequency vibrational spectroscopy. CH2 and C=O functional groups dominate the achiral and chiral spectra, respectively.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological techniques; molecular biophysics; optical harmonic generation; proteins; achiral spectra; chiral spectra; collagen fibrils; noncentrosymmetric molecular structures; second harmonic generation; second order nonlinear effects; sum frequency vibrational spectroscopy; Amino acids; Biomedical optical imaging; Frequency; Laser beams; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Polarization; Proteins; Spectroscopy;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628644
