Pulsed Laser Illuminates Bacteria That Are Trapped in a Plasmonic Waveguide (VIDEO)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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This video shows a pulsed laser illuminating bacteria which are trapped in a plasmonic waveguide. The waveguide is the dark rectangle seen in the film; the bacteria are invisible. The presence of the bacteria causes light coupling into the waveguide. The light then propagates in the waveguide until it is coupled back out by the nano-mirrors and appears as bright pulses on the waveguides' ends.

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