Glucose concentration measured by the hybrid coherent anti-Stokes Raman-scattering technique Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We investigate the possibility of using a hybrid coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering technique for noninvasive monitoring of blood glucose levels. Our technique combines instantaneous coherent excitation of several characteristic molecular vibrations with subsequent probing of these vibrations by an optimally shaped, time-delayed, narrowband laser pulse. This pulse configuration mitigates the nonresonant four-wave mixing background while maximizing the Raman-resonant signal and allows rapid and highly specific detection even in the presence of multiple scattering. Under certain conditions we find that the measured signal is linearly proportional to the glucose concentration due to optical interference with the residual background light, which allows reliable detection of spectral signatures down to medically relevant glucose levels. 2010 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

  • Wang, X. i., Zhang, A., Zhi, M., Sokolov, A. V., & Welch, G. R.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Wang, Xi||Zhang, Aihua||Zhi, Miaochan||Sokolov, Alexei V||Welch, George R

publication date

  • January 2010