Title :
Neuron mid-infrared absorption study for direct optical excitation of neurons
Author :
Guo, Dingkai ; Chen, Xing ; Vadala, Shilpa ; Leach, Jennie ; Choa, Fow-Sen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
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.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; brain; neurophysiology; photons; brain-circuitry explorations; direct optical excitation; mid-IR photons; neuron midinfrared absorption; neuron optical excitations; sensory-neuron-stimulation applications; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Neurons; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110641
