Backward-enhanced fluorescence from clusters of microspheres and particles of tryptophan.

Measured fluorescence from single-particle clusters of dye-doped polystyrene microspheres, dried nonspherical particles of tryptophan, and single polystyrene microspheres is enhanced in the backward direction (180 degrees from the incident laser). This enhancement (a factor of 2-3 compared to 90 degrees), which can be interpreted as a consequence of the reciprocity principle, increases with the particle refractive index.

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