Determination of the absolute two-photon absorption cross section of tryptophan

Parijat Sengupta; J. Balaji; S. Mukherjee; R. Philip; G. Ravindra Kumar; Sudipta Maiti

doi:10.1117/12.424573

24 April 2001 Determination of the absolute two-photon absorption cross section of tryptophan

Parijat Sengupta, J. Balaji, S. Mukherjee, R. Philip, G. Ravindra Kumar, Sudipta Maiti

Proceedings Volume 4262, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424573
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Two-photon excitation can excite physiological ultraviolet (UV) chromophores at visible wavelengths and holds significance for applications such as non-linear microscopy, micro-pharmacology, localized heating and tissue ablation. However, little quantitative data is available on the absolute two-photon absorption cross sections ((sigma) ₂) of these molecules. Their low two-photon absorbance and limited solubility implies that the sensitivity required for such measurements is much higher than that available from standard techniques. We employ the recently developed generalized z-scan technique to measure the absolute value of the (sigma) ₂ of tryptophan, the most ubiquitous of the physiological near-UV chromophores, and obtain the value of 32.0 +/- 1.2 mGM (1 GM equals 10^-50 cm⁴sec/photon/molecule) at 532 nm. This is the first determination of the absolute (sigma) ₂ of any biological UV chromophore, and can be used to calibrate the previously reported relative two-photon excitation spectra of a number of such molecules.

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Parijat Sengupta, J. Balaji, S. Mukherjee, R. Philip, G. Ravindra Kumar, and Sudipta Maiti "Determination of the absolute two-photon absorption cross section of tryptophan", Proc. SPIE 4262, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences, (24 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424573

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