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Quantum mechanism of light transmission by the intermediate filaments in some specialized optically transparent cells

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dc.contributor.authorMakarov, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorZueva, Lidia
dc.contributor.authorGolubeva, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorKorneeva, Elena
dc.contributor.authorKhmelinskii, Igor
dc.contributor.authorInyushin, Mikhail
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:53:06Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:53:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractSome very transparent cells in the optical tract of vertebrates, such as the lens fiber cells, possess certain types of specialized intermediate filaments (IFs) that have essential significance for their transparency. The exact mechanism describing why the IFs are so important for transparency is unknown. Recently, transparency was described also in the retinal Muller cells (MCs). We report that the main processes of the MCs contain bundles of long specialized IFs, each about 10 nm in diameter; most likely, these filaments are the channels providing light transmission to the photoreceptor cells in mammalian and avian retinas. We interpret the transmission of light in such channels using the notions of quantum confinement, describing energy transport in structures with electroconductive walls and diameter much smaller than the wavelength of the respective photons. Model calculations produce photon transmission efficiency in such channels exceeding 0.8, in optimized geometry. We infer that protein molecules make up the channels, proposing a qualitative mechanism of light transmission by such structures. The developed model may be used to describe light transmission by the IFs in any transparent cells. (C) 2016 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
dc.description.sponsorshipPR NASA EPSCoR (NASA) [NNX13AB22A]; NIH [G12 MD007583]; Russian Science Foundation [16-14-10159]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1117/1.NPh.4.1.011005
dc.identifier.issn2329-423X
dc.identifier.issn2329-4248
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11353
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpie-Soc Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectChannel plasmon polaritons
dc.subjectNanostrip wave-guides
dc.subjectDiffraction limit
dc.subjectMuller cells
dc.subjectNear-field
dc.subjectLens Cytoskeleton
dc.subjectSurface-plasmons
dc.subjectEye Lens
dc.subjectGap
dc.subjectNanoantennas
dc.titleQuantum mechanism of light transmission by the intermediate filaments in some specialized optically transparent cells
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage11005
oaire.citation.titleNeurophotonics
oaire.citation.volume4
person.familyNameKhmelinskii
person.givenNameIgor
person.identifier0000000420541031
person.identifier.ciencia-id0D1A-CB6C-6316
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6116-184X
person.identifier.ridC-9587-2011
person.identifier.scopus-author-id6701444934
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