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Neuron Mid-Infrared Absorption Study for Direct Optical Excitation of Neurons
Dingkai Guo1, Xing Chen, Shilpa Vadala
1Dept. of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC, Baltimore, MD 21250.
Abstract:
Neuron optical excitations are important for brain-circuitry explorations and sensory-neuron-stimulation applications. To optimize the stimulation, we identify neuron mid-IR absorption peaks in this study and discuss their meanings and delivery methods of mid-IR photons.

