Arbitrary multi-site two-photon excitation in four dimensions

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2009-09-02

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Daria, Vincent Ricardo
Stricker, Christian
Bowman, Richard
Redman, Stephen
Bachor, Hans

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American Institute of Physics (AIP)

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We demonstrate dynamic and arbitrary multisite two-photon excitation in three dimensions using the holographic projection method. Rapid response (fourth dimension) is achieved through high-speed noniterative calculation of the hologram using a video graphics accelerator board. We verify that the projected asymmetric spot configurations have sufficient spatiotemporal photon density for localized two-photon excitation. This system is a significant advance and can be applied to time-resolved photolysis of caged compounds in biological cells and complex neuronal networks, nonlinear microfabrication and volume holographic optical storage.

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Keywords: Biological cells; Graphics accelerators; High-speed; Holographic projection; Multi-site; Neuronal networks; Non-iterative; Optical Storage; Photon densities; Rapid response; Three dimensions; Time-resolved; Two-photon excitations; Volume holographic; Phot

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Applied Physics Letters

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