TY - GEN
T1 - White light generation in human saliva
AU - Santhosh, C.
AU - Dharmadhikari, A. K.
AU - Dharmadhikari, J. A.
AU - Alti, K.
AU - Mathur, D.
PY - 2011/9/12
Y1 - 2011/9/12
N2 - Interaction of intense, femto-second pulses of infrared light (800 nm) with water generates white light supercontinuum due to nonlinear optical effects. This supercontinuum was found to be suppressed by the addition of alpha amylase, a major protein in the human saliva. We have studied the suppression of supper continuum by human saliva, collected from healthy subjects with and without smoking habits. Suppression of the blue-sided components was observed significantly in non-smokers saliva than chain smokers.
AB - Interaction of intense, femto-second pulses of infrared light (800 nm) with water generates white light supercontinuum due to nonlinear optical effects. This supercontinuum was found to be suppressed by the addition of alpha amylase, a major protein in the human saliva. We have studied the suppression of supper continuum by human saliva, collected from healthy subjects with and without smoking habits. Suppression of the blue-sided components was observed significantly in non-smokers saliva than chain smokers.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3605814
DO - 10.1063/1.3605814
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80052457652
SN - 9780735409057
VL - 1349
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 218
EP - 219
BT - Solid State Physics - Proceedings of the 55th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2010
T2 - 55th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2010
Y2 - 26 December 2010 through 30 December 2010
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