Title :
Nonlinear transmission of light through biological suspensions
Author :
Bezryadina, Anna ; Siggins, Graham ; Kalmbach, Andrew ; Carpenter, Edward ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
We study nonlinear light propagation through suspensions of Synechococcus cells. Such cyanobacteria in aqueous solution enable self-focusing and -defocusing of a light beam, leading to controlled transmission despite extremely low absorption and weak polarizability.
Keywords :
bio-optics; cellular biophysics; light absorption; light polarisation; light propagation; light transmission; optical self-focusing; suspensions; Synechococcus cell suspensions; aqueous solution; biological suspensions; controlled transmission; cyanobacteria; extremely low absorption; light beam; nonlinear light propagation; nonlinear light transmission; self-defocusing; self-focusing; weak polarizability; Absorption; Laser beams; Microorganisms; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical scattering; Suspensions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
