Neuron Mid-Infrared Absorption Study for Direct Optical Excitation of Neurons

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2011-10-09

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Dingkai Guo, Xing Chen, Shilpa Vadala, Jennie Leach, and Fow-Sen Choa, Neuron Mid-Infrared Absorption Study for Direct Optical Excitation of Neurons, 2011, DOI: 10.1109/PHO.2011.6110641

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neurons
quantum cascade lasers
optical pulses
absorption
stimulated emission
biomedical optical imaging
neurophysiology
photons
brain

Abstract

Neuron optical excitations are important for brain-circuitry explorations and sensory-neuron-stimulation applications. To optimize the stimulation, we identify neuron mid-IR absorption peaks in this study and discuss their meanings and delivery methods of mid-IR photons