Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 2, 207028(2020)

Identifying Single Cell Types via Whispering Gallery Mode Optical Microcavities

Wang Yaping, Wang Xiuhong, and Wang Pu
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  • Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser ManufacturingTechnology, Ministry of Education China, Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124
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    Whispering gallery mode is a type of optical mode where photons move in a quasi-two-dimensional plane, and the total reflection occurs at the boundary of the microcavity without reflecting out of the cavity. This mode has a high Q value and small mode volume, and it is extremely sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment. A broadband fluorescence can be transformed into narrow-spectrum laser output by using the whispering gallery mode. In this paper, polystyrene microspheres doped with the dragon green fluorescent dye are used as whispering gallery mode optical microcavity. Through the phagocytosis of cells, the fluorescent microspheres reach inside cells and then are pumped by nanosecond pulsed laser to achieve the output of whispering gallery mode laser in cells. In comparison with the laser output in the pure-water environment, a redshift of the intracellular fluorescent microsphere whispering gallery mode resonance emission can be observed, and the redshift is related to cell type; therefore, it can be used for unlabeled identification of cell type.

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    Wang Yaping, Wang Xiuhong, Wang Pu. Identifying Single Cell Types via Whispering Gallery Mode Optical Microcavities[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2020, 47(2): 207028

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    Category: biomedical photonics and laser medicine

    Received: Oct. 10, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2020

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    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0207028

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