Optical Fibers
Optical Fibers
The Thomas RECORDING Optical Fibers consist of a core glass and a cladding also made of glass. The outer shaft diameter of the Optical Glass Fiber is 120µm (other diameters are available on request). The core glass has a diameter of 108µm.
- Biocompatible material
- Minimal tissue damage while introducing in brain because of double conical fibers
- Globular light distribution at the conical tip
- Available for Thomas RECORDING Microdrive systems (e. g. Mini Matrix, Eckhorn Matrix) or other manipulators
- Thomas Optical Fiber is available with differen tip shapes (Please see Figure 3)
- Different fiber connectors available
| Data | |
| Material: | Optical glass |
| Outer glass fiber diameter: | 120µm |
| Available fiber tip shapes: | Conical tips, double conical tips and blunt tips |
| Article Number: | AN000514 |
Tip Types
The Thomas Optical Fiber is available with blunt tip as shown in figure 1 or with a conical tip like shown in figure 2.
Figure 1: Thomas Optical Fiber dimensions. Core glass diameter: 108µm, outer shaft diameter: 120µm, Material: glass
Figure 2: Thomas Optical Fiber conical tip
Tip Size
The Thomas Optical Fiber with conical tip is available in three different shapes like shown in figure 3.
Figure 3A: Thomas Optical Fiber with double conical (Tip A1) tip shape
Figure 3B: Thomas Optical Fiber with double conical (Tip A2) tip shape
Figure 3C: Thomas Optical Fiber with conical (Tip D)
Advantages of Thomas Optical Fibers
The advantage of Thomas conical and double conical fibers is that they do not cause tissue damage when introduced in brain tissue in comparison to blunt glass fiber tips. Furthermore Thomas Optical Fibers have a globular light distribution at the conical tip (see figure 4) in contrast to the cylindrical light distribution of blunt glass fibers.
Figure 4: Globular light distribution of a Thomas Optical Fiber with conical tip shape
Versatile
Thomas Optical Fibers are available for use in Thomas Microdrive systems (e.g. Mini Matrix, Eckhorn Matrix, see figure 5) and also for use with other manipulators (see figure 6).
Figure 5: A single Thomas optical fiber and 6 Thomas microelectrodes loaded to a 7 channel microelectrode manipulator system “Eckhorn Matrix”. The Microdrive is equipped with a special head allowing a concentric arrangement of electrodes and optical fiber. Each electrode and optical fiber are independently moveable to different depths of the brain. Cortical as well as deep brain stimulation/recording experiments are possible. The lateral distance between electrodes and optical fiber is 254µm but can be reduced down to 80µm!
Figure 6: Thomas Optical Fiber mounted to a small animal stereotaxic instrument electrode holder
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Publications
[3] Klein C., Evrard H. C., Shapcott K. A., Haverkamp S., Logothetis N. K., Schmid M. C. Cell-Targeted Optogenetics and Electrical Microstimulation Reveal the Primate Koniocellular Projection to Supra-granular Visual Cortex. Neuron Volume 90 Issue 1 Pages 143-151, April 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.02.036
[2] Stauffer W. R., Lak A., Yang A., Borel M., Paulsen O., Boyden E. S., Schultz W. Dopamine Neuron-Specific Optogenetic Stimulation in Rhesus Macaques. Cell 166, 1564-1571, September 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.024
[1] Kruse W., Krause M., Aarse J., Mark M. D. , Manahan-Vaughan D., Herlitze S.: Optogenetic Modulation and Multi-Electrode Analysis of Cerebellar Networks In Vivo PLOS ONE 9(8): e105589, 2014, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105589
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