Which Way Does Stimulated Emission Go?

Is it possible to form an image using light produced by stimulated emission? Here we study light scatter off an assembly of excited chromophores. Due to the Optical Theorem, stimulated emission is necessarily accompanied by excited state Rayleigh scattering. Both processes can be used to form images...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 2021-12, Vol.125 (50), p.10667-10676
Hauptverfasser:	Wong-Campos, J. David, Porto, J. V, Cohen, Adam E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	A: New Tools and Methods in Experiment and Theory
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Zusammenfassung:	Is it possible to form an image using light produced by stimulated emission? Here we study light scatter off an assembly of excited chromophores. Due to the Optical Theorem, stimulated emission is necessarily accompanied by excited state Rayleigh scattering. Both processes can be used to form images, though they have different dependencies on scattering direction, wavelength and chromophore configuration. Our results suggest several new approaches to optical imaging using fluorophore excited states.
ISSN:	1089-5639 1520-5215
DOI:	10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07713