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| author | Möckel, Conrad Li, Jiarui Zanini, Giulia Guck, Jochen Scarcelli, Giuliano |
| author_facet | Möckel, Conrad Li, Jiarui Zanini, Giulia Guck, Jochen Scarcelli, Giuliano |
| contents | Mass density is a vital property for improved biophysical understanding of and within biological samples. It is increasingly attracting active investigation, but still lacks reliable, non-contact techniques to accurately characterize it in biological systems. Contrary to popular belief, refractive index information alone is insufficient to determine a sample's mass density, as we demonstrate here theoretically and experimentally. Instead, we measured the nonlinear gain of stimulated Brillouin scattering to provide additional information for mass density estimation. This all-optical method reduces the estimation error tenfold, offering a more accurate and universal technique for mass density measurements. |
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| spellingShingle | Optical Measurement of Mass Density of Biological Samples Möckel, Conrad Li, Jiarui Zanini, Giulia Guck, Jochen Scarcelli, Giuliano Soft Condensed Matter Mass density is a vital property for improved biophysical understanding of and within biological samples. It is increasingly attracting active investigation, but still lacks reliable, non-contact techniques to accurately characterize it in biological systems. Contrary to popular belief, refractive index information alone is insufficient to determine a sample's mass density, as we demonstrate here theoretically and experimentally. Instead, we measured the nonlinear gain of stimulated Brillouin scattering to provide additional information for mass density estimation. This all-optical method reduces the estimation error tenfold, offering a more accurate and universal technique for mass density measurements. |
| title | Optical Measurement of Mass Density of Biological Samples |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07899 |