Fourier-Based Diffraction Analysis of Live Caenorhabditis elegansJenny Magnes 1, Harold M. Hastings 2, Kathleen M. Raley-Susman 3, Clara Alivisatos 1, Adam Warner 1, Miranda Hulsey-Vincent 1
1Physics and Astronomy Department, Vassar College, 2Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing, Bard College at Simon's Rock, 3Biology Department, Vassar College
This manuscript describes how to distinguish different nematodes using far-field diffraction signatures. We compare the locomotion of 139 wild type and 108 "Roller" C. elegans by averaging frequencies associated with the temporal Fraunhofer diffraction signature at a single location using a continuous wave laser.
