Excimer laser spectroscopy: influence of tissue ablation on vessel wall fluorescence

Limited steerability and injury to the normal vessel wall are major drawbacks of laser coronary angioplasty. To overcome these limitations a new generation of laser systems has been developed which allows not only to eliminate the atherosclerotic plaque but to guide the laser beam by analyzing the laser induced tissue fluorescence (= spectroscopy) for the treatment of the atherosclerotic vessel. An excimer laser (MAX 10 LP, 308 nm, Technolas, Munich, Germany) was used with an emitting (phi 1070 microns) and a detecting (phi 130 microns) optical fiber to induce tissue fluorescence which was analyzed quantitatively by a computerized system. Specimens from the descending (thoracic) aorta were obtained from 24 patients (mean age 68.1 years, range 44-92). Tissue fluorescence was induced with ablating (26-30 mJ/mm2) and nonablating (3 mJ/cm2) laser activations. The emitted fluorescence (range 380-575 nm) was normalized to a wavelength of 380 nm; as a measure of tissue fluorescence the intensity ratio at 500 nm divided by 400 nm was calculated in normal (n = 78), mildly atherosclerotic (n = 40), and severely atherosclerotic (n = 48) tissue samples. Repeated laser activations were carried out and tissue fluorescence was checked until the fluorescence spectrum was normalized. All tissue samples were analyzed histologically by a semiquantitative score. Normal tissue samples showed the highest intensity ratios (5.9 +/- 3.4), whereas mildly (2.9 +/- 1.3) and severely atherosclerotic (2.1 +/- 1.0) samples elicited a significantly reduced fluorescence. Repeated tissue ablations were associated with a normalization of fluorescence intensity ratios in the mildly (7.0) as well as in the severely diseased (4.9) vessels. A curvilinear relationship between intensity ratio and the semiquantitative score was observed (r = 0.66) as well as between intensity ratio and intimal wall thickness (r = 0.62). No gender related differences were found but there was an inverse relationship between fluorescence intensity ratio and age (r = 0.56) as well as between intimal thickness and age (r = 0.41). Excimer laser spectroscopy allows reliable detection of atherosclerotic vessel alterations. Fluorescence intensity ratio is inversely proportional to the intimal wall thickness and the severity of the histologic alterations. There is an age dependency of fluorescence intensity ratio which can be explained by an increase in intimal wall thickness. Successful tissue ablation can be obtained by laser angioplasty and allows determination of the optimal point where complete tissue ablation is achieved by laser activation. Thus, excimer laser spectroscopy is an effective method for selective tissue ablation by laser angioplasty.     

激光诱导荧光光谱识别动脉粥样硬化斑块的研究

采用氩离子激光为激发光源,分别研究了离体正常动脉壁、动脉粥样硬化斑块和血液等的激光诱导荧光光谱.结果表明,正常动脉壁样品组的荧光光谱强度最大值明显高于动脉粥样硬化斑块样品组;斑块的荧光光谱在516 nm处存在一个小波谷,而正常动脉组织的荧光光谱则无此波谷;斑块组织在598 nm处与578 nm处的荧光强度比值R(I₅₉₈ nm/I₅₇₈ nm)远低于正常动脉壁的比值;血红蛋白含量是引起粥样斑块与正常动脉壁的R(I₅₉₈ nm/I₅₇₈ nm)值不同的主要原因.     

水体中溶解有机物的荧光光谱特性分析

以355 nm激光为激发光源,在实验室中利用激光诱导荧光(LIF)方法对不同水体中溶解有机物(DOM)的荧光光谱进行了测量,并以最小二乘法-高斯拟合对水体荧光光谱进行了拟合,解卷积得出了水喇曼散射谱及DOM的荧光光谱.在改变激发光脉冲强度的条件下,以一定浓度腐殖酸溶液为测量样品分析了DOM的荧光饱和特性.结果表明,随着激发光功率密度的增加,水喇曼散射强度线性增加,而DOM的荧光强度随着激发光功率密度的增加先是线性增加,此时归一化荧光强度为一恒定值.当激发光功率密度大于55 mW/cm2时, 荧光强度增加缓慢,归一化荧光强度则逐渐降低.研究发现,在有机物浓度较高时,出现了激发态分子间的单重态-单重态猝灭,并且在低浓度情况下,随着有机物浓度的增加,出现了有机物荧光峰值强度位置的红移并伴有波形的展宽.     

Fluorescence feedback control of a diode pumped solid state laser

We implement active feedback control in a Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser by monitoring the fluorescence intensity from the laser crystal. When the initial inversion level indicated by the detected fluorescence has reached a predetermined value, Q-switching is initiated. The Q-switched pulse energy is stabler with our feedback scheme based on the fluorescence intensity than that with the conventional Q-switching when pumping source is not stable.     

饱和激发下叶绿素荧光非线性变化及影响分析

叶绿素浓度是海洋初级生产力的重要指标之一,激光诱导荧光技术可以实现海水叶绿素浓度的快速测量。测量叶绿素浓度的传统激光诱导荧光原理,是利用叶绿素荧光与水体Raman散射的强度比值（I_F/R）进行反演,即叶绿素浓度n_chl＝CI_F/R,其中C为系统常量。这是依据叶绿素荧光685 nm、水体Raman散射强度都与激发光强呈线性关系。然而,该理论并没有考虑诱导荧光饱和现象的存在。当诱导激光强度达到一定程度后,685 nm荧光强度随激发光强非线性变化。另外,值得注意的是,水体Raman散射并不存在信号饱和现象。为了探讨饱和激发造成荧光非线性变化的影响,在激光诱导荧光技术测量叶绿素浓度的实验中,设计两种测量方案,即：不同激光功率诱导单一浓度样本的荧光测量,和固定激光功率时不同浓度样本的荧光测量。实验中利用Nd∶YAG三倍频激光355 nm激发获得叶绿素溶液的404 nm处 Raman散射和685 nm荧光。实验结果分为2部分进行讨论：（1）为了分析饱和激发造成荧光变化的非线性特性,通过调节激发光功率测量溶液的受激发射光谱,发现水体Raman散射强度与激发光强呈线性关系,而685 nm荧光强度出现饱和激发下的非线性变化。而且,随叶绿素浓度的增加,685 nm荧光的非线性趋势更为明显,Raman散射强度与激发光强的线性关系中斜率变小。数据分析表明,685 nm荧光数据拟合的4阶多项式和Raman散射效率值,可以定性地表征685 nm荧光的饱和程度。（2）考虑实际海洋激光雷达探测叶绿素浓度应用中存在饱和激发荧光非线性现象,为了分析荧光非线性对传统叶绿素浓度反演理论适用性的影响,在固定激发光强情况下对不同浓度叶绿素溶液的发射光谱进行测量。将激发光功率调节至52.00,80.70,132.10和197.30 mW·cm-2,获取相应激发光强下685 nm荧光与水体Raman散射的强度比值和叶绿素浓度之间的关系。实验表明,激发光强不变的情况下,685 nm荧光与水体Raman散射的强度比值,与叶绿素浓度仍满足线性关系。但是,在较高光强激发时,饱和激发造成的叶绿素荧光非线性变化,导致利用传统激光诱导荧光理论反演的叶绿素浓度值偏小。因此,需要对饱和激发下荧光非线性的影响进行修正,其关系为I_F/R=n_chl/C+C_F,修正值C_F不可忽略。另外,值得一提的是,修正关系中系统常量C随激发光强增加而增大。研究表明,饱和激发造成的荧光非线性,会对激光诱导荧光技术测量叶绿素浓度产生影响,但由于造成荧光非线性因素的复杂性,仅通过荧光数据拟合获得的多项式,无法定量说明其影响权重。然而,当激发光强不变时,可以实验测量获得基于激光诱导荧光原理的修正关系,从而准确反演叶绿素浓度。     

应用于FAGE技术测量OH自由基的激光器波长修正方法研究

研究了一种应用于气体扩张激光诱导荧光(FAGE)技术测量OH自由基的染料激光器波长修正方法。该方法采用镍铝丝热解水汽产生稳定的高浓度OH自由基,利用重复频率为8500 Hz的染料激光器输出波长约282 nm激光作为光源.激发低压腔内热解产生的高浓度高稳定性OH自由基产生荧光,由普通光电倍增管和光电二极管分别探测激发荧光和出腔激光强度。通过延时信号发生器统一触发激光器和高速数据采集卡并结合LabVIEW软件处理得到单位激光强度的荧光积分强度数据。连续两次扫描激光波长,当第二次扫描的荧光积分强度达到第一次最大值的0.95倍时,停止波长扫描,此时的激光器波长位置即为激发线位置。本文首先扫描激光波长,研究了282 nm激发机制下的OH自由基激发谱;然后在Q_1 2激发线位置探究了气体湿度、氧气含量、进气量以及抽速对荧光积分强度和寿命的影响;并分析了镍铝丝热解水的反应机理,初步认为热解中OH自由基主要来源于氧原子与水的反应。在以上荧光积分强度和寿命影响因素的研究基础上,优化了系统参数,使荧光积分强度波动小于±1.9%。连续多次进行波长修正,修正偏差为0.1pm。该方法能够满足气体扩张激光诱导荧光(FAGE)技术定量精确测量大气OH自由基对波长的要求。     

Experimental dependence of two-photon absorption efficiency on statistical properties of laser light

The fluorescence intensity excited by two-photon absorption of the 514.5 nm argon laser line has been investigated for various oxasol derivatives. The fluorescence intensity was dependent on the statistical properties of the 514.5 nm argon laser line and was a factor 1.52-1.86 larger for absorption of a multifrequency laser line than in the case of a single frequency laser line.     

用时间分辨光谱研究红细胞悬液的荧光发射

实验获得了激光照射红细胞悬液的荧光光谱,并分别监测不同荧光峰值波长处强度随时间的衰变过程,测试了其相应的荧光寿命。结果表明,在波长为407nm的激光照射下,红细胞悬液向外发射中心波长分别位于596,628,692nm的荧光光谱,各荧光峰对应衰变过程的平均荧光寿命分别为1.97,13.31,14.58ns。利用荧光强度和吸收率的加和性表示了混合物的总吸收率和总荧光发射强度,通过理论计算获得了红细胞悬液中锌卟啉、原卟啉和其他游离物参与荧光发射的相对含量和相对强度在不同荧光峰位的变化关系,进一步解释了不同峰位处荧光发射强度和平均荧光寿命的变化原因。     

激光诱导荧光探测水体中溶解有机物浓度

用Nd∶YAG激光器的三倍频355 nm光作为激发光源,根据激光诱导荧光（LIF）方法激发并探测污染水体的荧光光谱.通过对荧光光谱的分析处理研究归一化荧光强度,即450 nm处水中溶解有机物（DOM）峰与405 nm处水的拉曼峰的比值,反演溶解有机物浓度.用商品腐殖酸和去离子水配置成已知浓度的溶液代替标准DOM溶液进行标定,得到回归方程.结果证明,DOM的归一化荧光强度与水体中DOM浓度有较好的线性关系,因此LIF方法是对大面积水域水质进行动态遥测的较理想方法.     

Some aspects of CO2 laser induced fluorescence in SF6−H2 mixtures

Measurements in SF₆?H₂ mixtures of HF¹ fluorescence at 2.8 μm induced by pulsed CO₂ laser radiation are reported. The dependence of fluorescence intensity on laser fluence is found to be strongly affected by the laser beam geometry in the interaction region. Our results show that the technique of HF¹ fluorescence intensity detection can be a sensitive and reliable single-shot measure of multiple-photon dissociation of SF₆ in a collisionless regime on condition that the laser fluence is uniform along the interaction region which is monitored.     

PSⅡ的荧光光谱特性

采用激励光源为82MHz、514.5nm的皮秒荧光光谱装置对PS颗粒、内周天线CP43、CP47三种样品进行研究,通过探测三种样品的荧光总光谱强度随激光功率的变化,测得PS颗粒样品在激光功率为120mW时,荧光强度趋于饱和;CP43在激光功率为73mW时,荧光趋于饱和,但当激光功率为82mW时,荧光强度有下降趋势;而在激光功率为20～96mW的范围内,CP47的荧光强度与激光功率几乎是线性关系.依据它们的荧光量子产额与激光功率的关系,认为CP47中存在较强的激子效应.几种样品的荧光光谱范围分别为700～780nm(PS颗粒);640～780nm(CP43);630～775nm(CP47).CP43和CP47的最大荧光峰分别为680nm和690nm,荧光寿命分别为3.543ns和3.222ns.在514.5nm激光激发下,CP43和CP47中最先受激发的是β-Car分子,发射荧光的是Chla分子,理论计算认为在CP43和CP47中Chla分子发射荧光的效率分别为38.3%和40.6%.     

Die kinetischen Eigenschaften der Elektronen des anisothermen homogenen stationären Neon-Plasmas im Ionisierungsgradbereich von 10−9 bis 10−2

The time dependence of the spectral and spatial energy density of the fluorescence radiation of an atomic system generated by the resonance scattering of an intense laser pulse was calculated. Particularly the influence of the duration and the intensity of the incident laser pulse and of the atomic relaxation constants upon the fluorescence radiation has been studied.     

Laser linewidth effects in intensity correlations in resonance fluorescence

The influence of partially coherent light on photon correlations in resonance fluorescence is discussed. We show that the laser bandwidth changes the intensity correlations in a very different way depending on whether the Rabi oscillation is greater or smaller than the natural lifetime of the excited state. For low intensity excitation we predict a generalization of the Heitler-Weisskopf effect extended to intensity correlations. A comparison with an inhomogenous theory of laser band-width is also presented.     

饱和激发情况下的荧光关联谱测量

研究了激发光增强时其对荧光关联谱(FCS)测量的影响. 强激发光产生的饱和激发会改 变激光诱导荧光的空间分布函数,从而影响FCS的测量结果. 首先根据饱和吸收的物理模型,推导出强激发光情况下有效探测区域变化的定量公式,获得了FCS测量所得到的粒子数和扩散时间与饱和激发光强和激光光强的函数关系,并用于消除饱和吸收造成的系统误差.采用Monte-Carlo模拟方法和实验,对理论分析结果进行了验证. 这将有助于完善FCS分析方法的理论模型,为高激发光强度下的FCS探测提供依据. 关键词： 荧光关联谱 饱和激发 Monte-Carlo模拟     

Spatial laser-wing suppression in saturated laser-induced fluorescence without spatial selection

Spatial wings of laser beams are of great concern in saturated laser-induced fluorescence. Their contribution to fluorescence is customarily avoided by resolution of laser peaks in the interaction volume. An alternative and versatile approach is formulated, based on the derivative of fluorescence with respect to laser intensity. It turns out that wing-free data are possible, although they are obtained from wing-dependent fluorescence. The advantages of this approach are exact centerline detection and simplicity of the experimental setup and procedure.     

Remote Estimation of the Chlorophyll Concentration of Living Trees Using Laser-induced Fluorescence Imaging Lidar

Monthly variation in chlorophyll concentration of living ginko tree leaves 65 m away from a system was remotely estimated by a laser-induced fluorescence imaging lidar. The combination of a pulsed laser and a short-time gated CCD using an image intensifier made it possible to monitor the weak fluorescence signal from the ginko tree leaves as an image. By applying the experimental idea that a ratio of intensity of the chlorophyll fluorescence at 740 nm to that at 685 nm showed a linear correlation to the chlorophyll concentration, the fluorescence image of the ginko tree obtained by the lidar was converted to the chlorophyll concentration distribution image.     

Optical Properties of Planar Nanostructures Based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles

The optical properties of a composite material consisting of a thin polymer film, which is activated by semiconductor CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) and silver nanoparticles, on a transparent dielectric substrate have been investigated. It is revealed that the presence of silver nanoparticles leads to an increase in the QD absorption (by a factor of 4) and in the fluorescence intensity (by a factor of 10), whereas the fluorescence time drops by a factor of about 10. Excitation of the composite medium by a pulsed laser is found to result in narrowing of the fluorescence band and a sublinear dependence of its intensity on the pulse energy. In the absence of silver nanoparticles, the fluorescence spectrum of QDs is independent of the excitation-pulse energy density, and the fluorescence intensity depends linearly on the pulse energy in the entire range of energy densities, up to 75 mJ/cm².     

激光激发荧光谱的双光路多道分析方法研究

在脉冲激光激发荧光的研究中由于入射激光强度的起伏会导致所激发荧光的强度随之波动 ,从而给荧光光谱及其待测物质测量结果带来较大误差。采用双光路法 (即在采集荧光谱的同时也采集激发激光强度 ,利用荧光强度与激发光强度的线性相关 ,对实验数据进行相关分析 )可以有效地克服激发光波动对荧光光谱的影响 ,显著降低了测量误差。用此法对若丹明 6G和十二烷基硫酸纳 (SDS)对R6G的荧光增强进行测量 ,可得到相关系数大于 0 9的测量结果。在激发光波动较大时双光路法与单光路采样平均法相比有明显优越性。     

Change in laser-induced fluorescence spectra of sea water during degradation of dissolved organic matter

We present the results of measurement of the laser-induced fluorescence spectra of sea water under laboratory conditions. We show that during phytoplankton cell death caused by heating of sea water samples, the fluorescence intensity of dissolved organic matter (DOM) increases. We observe different behaviors of the fluorescence intensity for excitation by 2nd harmonic (532 nm) and 3rd harmonic (355 nm) emission from a Nd:YAG laser during degradation of dissolved organic matter. In the first case, a monotonic decrease in the DOM₅₃₂ fluorescence intensity occurs, while in the second case the fluorescence intensity remains constant. We give a possible explanation for such behavior of the DOM fluorescence intensity. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 103–107, January–February, 2007.     

Single-molecule detection using continuous wave excitation of two-photon fluorescence

Two-photon fluorescence (TPF) is one of the most important discoveries for biological imaging. Although a cw laser is known to excite TPF, its application in TPF imaging has been very limited due to the perceived low efficiency of excitation. Here we directly excited fluorophores with an IR cw laser used for optical trapping and achieved single-molecule fluorescence sensitivity: discrete stepwise photobleaching of enhanced green fluorescent proteins was observed. The single-molecule fluorescence intensity analysis and on-time distribution strongly indicate that a cw laser can generate TPF detectable at the single-molecule level, and thus opens the door to single-molecule TPF imaging using cw lasers.