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Abstract
Using the shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy technique and an optical fibre featuring a negative curvature excitation core and a coaxial ring of high numerical aperture collection cores, we have developed a portable, background and fluorescence free, endoscopic Raman probe. The probe consists of a single fibre with a diameter of less than 0.25 mm packaged in a sub-millimetre tubing, making it compatible with standard bronchoscopes. The Raman excitation light in the fibre is guided in air and therefore interacts little with silica, enabling an almost background free transmission of the excitation light. In addition, we used the shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy technique and a tunable 785 nm laser to separate the fluorescence and the Raman spectrum from highly fluorescent samples, demonstrating the suitability of the probe for biomedical applications. Using this probe we also acquired fluorescence free human lung tissue data.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e202000488 |
Journal | Journal of Biophotonics |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 10 |
Early online date | 15 Apr 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Oct 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank the BioResource for access to tissue (NHS Lothian BioResource, Scotland Research Ethics Service, reference 15/ES/0094). James M. Stone, Stephanos Yerolatsitis and Harry A. C. Wood are supported through an EPSRC fellowship (EP/S001123/1). Susan Fernandes is supported through an MRC fellowship (MR/R017794/1). Ahsan R. Akram is supported by a CRUK Clinician Scientist Fellowship (A24867).
Funding
The authors thank the BioResource for access to tissue (NHS Lothian BioResource, Scotland Research Ethics Service, reference 15/ES/0094). James M. Stone, Stephanos Yerolatsitis and Harry A. C. Wood are supported through an EPSRC fellowship (EP/S001123/1). Susan Fernandes is supported through an MRC fellowship (MR/R017794/1). Ahsan R. Akram is supported by a CRUK Clinician Scientist Fellowship (A24867).
Keywords
- hollow-core fibre
- Raman fibre probe
- Raman spectroscopy
- SERDS
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy
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Fellowship - Next Generation Endoscopes
Stone, J. (PI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
30/05/20 → 29/11/21
Project: Research council
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Yerolatsitis, S. (Creator), Kufcsák, A. (Creator), Ehrlich, K. (Creator), Wood, H. (Creator), Fernandes, S. (Creator), Quinn, T. (Creator), Young, V. (Creator), Hamilton, K. (Creator), Akram, A. R. (Creator), Thomson, R. (Creator), Finlayson, K. (Creator), Dhaliwal, K. (Creator) & Stone, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 26 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01006
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