Title :
Sorting and identification of food-borne microorganisms using Raman-tweezers spectroscopy
Author :
Xie, Changan ; Chen, De ; Hollis, Terrence ; Li, Yong-qing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated that food-borne bacteria and microorganisms existing in aqueous environment can be rapidly discriminated from the other food particles by Raman spectroscopy and sorted to a new chamber by optical manipulation.
Keywords :
Raman spectroscopy; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; radiation pressure; Raman-tweezers spectroscopy; aqueous environment; food-borne bacteria; food-borne microorganism identification; microbial cells; optical manipulation; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Microorganisms; Optical filters; Optical microscopy; Particle beams; Raman scattering; Sorting; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201969
