title: Comparison of coherent and spontaneous Raman microspectroscopies for noninvasive detection of single bacterial endospores.
abstract: Single bacterial spores were analyzed by using nonlinear Raman microspectroscopy based on coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS). The Raman spectra were retrieved from CARS spectra and found to be in excellent agreement with conventionally collected Raman spectra. The phase retrieval method based on maximum entropy model revealed significant robustness to external noise. The direct comparison of signal amplitudes exhibited a factor of 100 stronger CARS signal, as compared with the Raman signal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, P.O. Box. 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
authors.forename: Georgi I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: Rajan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Vladislav V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Alexei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: Marlan O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*