Title :
Controlling fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) by optical confinement in a λ/2-microresonator
Author :
Gutbrod, Raphael ; Schleifenbaum, Frank ; Bär, Sebastian ; Peter, Sébastien ; Elgass, Kirstin ; Meixner, Alfred J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. & Theor. Chem., Eberhard Karls Univ. Tuebingen, Tubingen, Germany
Abstract :
FRET plays an important role in light-induced processes in life sciences, e.g. energy transfer in light harvesting complexes. We present a method to tune the energy transfer from donor to acceptor in an optical microresonator.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Energy exchange; Fluorescence; Microcavities; Optical control; Optical microscopy; Proteins; Resonance; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
