Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Optical Coupler splitter
Objective
Laser
Laser
Lamp
CCD
= 1064nm
60X NA=0.85
Filter
Single Model fiber
Flow Chamber
Top view of the flow chamber; material: Poly Dimthylsiloxane (PDMS)
Fig. 14.17.
A schematic illustration of the experimental setup for simultaneous
trapping, stretching, and morphological deformation measurement of red blood cells
in a fiber-optical dual-beam trap
Fig. 14.18.
Photographs of the experimental setup illustrated schematically in
Fig. 14.17
human RBC sample as a function optical power. From these experimental
data, the product (
Eh
) of the elasticity (
E
) and the thickness (
h
) of the RBC
cell membrane was estimated to be
Eh
=2
.
4
10
−
4
Nm
−
1
, with the aid of a
×
simple theoretical model [15-17].
