Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Non-obstructive intracellular nanolasers

  • Alasdair H. Fikouras,
  • Marcel Schubert,
  • Markus Karl,
  • Jothi D. Kumar,
  • Simon J. Powis,
  • Andrea Di Falco,
  • Malte C. Gather

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07248-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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While the sharp emission lines of microlasers are advantageous for cell tagging, their relatively large size can impede cell migration and behavior. Here, Fikouras et al. develop nano-sized lasers that can readily tag and track various types of cells, including through narrow constrictions.