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23 May 1997 Cell damage in UVA and cw/femtosecond NIR microscopes
Karsten Koenig, Hong Liang, Sol Kimel, Lars Othar Svaasand, Bruce J. Tromberg, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Michael W. Berns, Karl-Juergen Halbhuber, Peter T. C. So, William W. Mantulin, Enrico Gratton
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Proceedings Volume 2983, Functional Imaging and Optical Manipulation of Living Cells; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274337
Event: BiOS '97, Part of Photonics West, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States
Abstract
Cell damage in UV and NIR laser microscopes by highly focused micromanipulation and fluorescence excitation microbeams has been studied. Damage in erythrocytes, spermatozoa and Chinese hamster ovary cells was detected by monitoring morphology changes, autofluorescence detection, cloning assay, and viability screening. It was found that 364 nm/365 nm UVA radiation induced irreversible cell damage at radiant exposures as low as <10 J/cm2. NIR CW microradiation used in laser tweezers was also able to damage cells via a two-photon excitation process, in particular, when using <800 nm trapping beams. Non- destructive two-photon excitation in femtosecond NIR microscopes is possible within a narrow intensity window. The lower limit is determined by two-photon absorption coefficients and detector efficiency, the higher by intracellular optical breakdown in the extranuclear region. Above certain wavelength-dependent intensity thresholds in femtosecond microscopy, cells were completely destroyed by fragmentation concomitant with plasma generation. The influence of excitation and micromanipulation microbeams should be considered when studying physiology and metabolism of vital cells.
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Karsten Koenig, Hong Liang, Sol Kimel, Lars Othar Svaasand, Bruce J. Tromberg, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Michael W. Berns, Karl-Juergen Halbhuber, Peter T. C. So, William W. Mantulin, and Enrico Gratton "Cell damage in UVA and cw/femtosecond NIR microscopes", Proc. SPIE 2983, Functional Imaging and Optical Manipulation of Living Cells, (23 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274337
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Near infrared
Femtosecond phenomena
Microscopes
Continuous wave operation
Luminescence
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Absorption
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