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2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karri Muinonen ◽  
Johannes Markkanen ◽  
Timo Väisänen ◽  
Jouni Peltoniemi ◽  
Antti Penttilä




2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (30) ◽  
pp. 7941-7946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan V. Thompson ◽  
Brett H. Hokr ◽  
Wihan Kim ◽  
Charles W. Ballmann ◽  
Brian E. Applegate ◽  
...  

There are many optical detection and sensing methods used today that provide powerful ways to diagnose, characterize, and study materials. For example, the measurement of spontaneous Raman scattering allows for remote detection and identification of chemicals. Many other optical techniques provide unique solutions to learn about biological, chemical, and even structural systems. However, when these systems exist in a highly scattering or turbid medium, the optical scattering effects reduce the effectiveness of these methods. In this article, we demonstrate a method to engineer the geometry of the optical interface of a turbid medium, thereby drastically enhancing the coupling efficiency of light into the material. This enhanced optical coupling means that light incident on the material will penetrate deeper into (and through) the medium. It also means that light thus injected into the material will have an enhanced interaction time with particles contained within the material. These results show that, by using the multiple scattering of light in a turbid medium, enhanced light–matter interaction can be achieved; this has a direct impact on spectroscopic methods such as Raman scattering and fluorescence detection in highly scattering regimes. Furthermore, the enhanced penetration depth achieved by this method will directly impact optical techniques that have previously been limited by the inability to deposit sufficient amounts of optical energy below or through highly scattering layers.



2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1853) ◽  
pp. 20161667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Enríquez ◽  
Eugenio R. Méndez ◽  
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg ◽  
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

Multiple scattering of light on coral skeleton enhances light absorption efficiency of coral symbionts and plays a key role in the regulation of their internal diffuse light field. To understand the dependence of this enhancement on skeleton meso- and macrostructure, we analysed the scattering abilities of naked coral skeletons for 74 Indo-Pacific species. Sensitive morphotypes to thermal and light stress, flat-extraplanate and branching corals, showed the most efficient structures, while massive-robust species were less efficient. The lowest light-enhancing scattering abilities were found for the most primitive colonial growth form: phaceloid. Accordingly, the development of highly efficient light-collecting structures versus the selection of less efficient but more robust holobionts to cope with light stress may constitute a trade-off in the evolution of modern symbiotic scleractinian corals, characterizing two successful adaptive solutions. The coincidence of the most important structural modifications with epitheca decline supports the importance of the enhancement of light transmission across coral skeleton in modern scleractinian diversification, and the central role of these symbioses in the design and optimization of coral skeleton. Furthermore, the same ability that lies at the heart of the success of symbiotic corals as coral-reef-builders can also explain the ‘Achilles's heel’ of these symbioses in a warming ocean.



Author(s):  
Karri Muinonen ◽  
Antti Penttilä ◽  
Gorden Videen


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Burresi ◽  
Lorenzo Cortese ◽  
Lorenzo Pattelli ◽  
Mathias Kolle ◽  
Peter Vukusic ◽  
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Optik ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 125 (9) ◽  
pp. 2185-2190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sen Li ◽  
Xudong Cheng ◽  
Peng Mei ◽  
Song Lu ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
...  


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