Suppression of ultrafast supercontinuum generation in a salivary protein.
The first studies of the propagation of ultrafast (<45 fs) pulses of intense infrared light through protein media reveal that supercontinuum (white light) generation is severely suppressed in the presence of the protein alpha-amylase, a potential stress marker in human saliva. The continuum suppression capacity is attributed to the electron scavenging property of the protein.
Santhosh
Chidangil
C
Manipal University, Centre for Laser Spectroscopy, Manipal Life Sciences Centre, Manipal 576 104, India.
Dharmadhikari
Aditya K
AK
Alti
Kamlesh
K
Dharmadhikari
Jayashree A
JA
Mathur
Deepak
D
D006801:Humans; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000378:metabolism*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*
D000516:alpha-Amylases