Title :
Nanomachined tapered optical fibers for in vivo optogenetics
Author :
Ferruccio Pisanello;Leonardo Sileo;Marco Pisanello;Andrea Della Patria;Massimo De Vittorio;Marco Pisanello;Ian A. Oldenburg;Bernardo L. Sabatini;John A. Assad
Author_Institution :
Center for Biomolecular Nanotecnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010, Arnesano, Italy
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The advent of new methods to optically trigger neural activity has increased the demand for new techniques to deliver light into the brain. However, currently available technologies are limited by the overall invasiveness of optical neural implants. In this work we present a new and minimally invasive technology based on tapered, metal-coated and nanostructured optical fibers, allowing for the customization of light delivery geometries in the living mammalian brain.
Keywords :
"Optical fibers","Optical imaging","Optical fiber devices","In vivo","Biomedical optical imaging","Neurons"
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) , 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2015.7388935
