May, 2011
1064 nm Deep Near-Infrared (NIR) Excited Raman Microspectroscopy for Studying Photolabile Organisms
APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY
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- Volume
- 65
- Number
- 5
- First page
- 488
- Last page
- 492
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1366/10-06196
- Publisher
- SOC APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY
We have constructed a 1064 nm deep near-infrared (NIR) excited multichannel Raman microspectrometer using an InP/InGaAsP multichannel detector. This microspectrometer achieves high sensitivity suitable for in vivo measurements of single living cells with lateral resolution of 0.7 mu m and depth resolution of 3.1 mu m. It has been applied to the structural analysis of living cyanobacterial cells, well-known model organisms for photosynthesis research, which are too photolabile to be measured with visible laser excitation. High signal-to-noise ratio (SIN) Raman spectra have been obtained from carotenoid, chlorophyll a, and phycocyanin in a single living cyanobacterial cell with no appreciable interference from autofluorescence or photodamage. Sub-micrometer mapping of Raman intensities provides clear distribution images of the three pigments inside the cell.
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- DOI : 10.1366/10-06196
- ISSN : 0003-7028
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000289703200005