Modelling Optical Properties of Algae Using the Finite-Difference Time Domain Method
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Abstract
Abstract Photosynthetic microorganisms are important to the Earth’s ecosystem, since about half of the atmospheric oxygen is produced by photosynthesis. Microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria are also utilized in a wide range of industries in photobioreactors. In order to have better control over photobioreactors under various operating conditions, it is necessary to accurately characterize the propagation of light in the reactor. Theoretical methods are able to calculate the optical properties of microorganisms through the solution of Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetic wave theory. To solve Maxwell’s equations, various methods can be used including Lorenz-Mie, T-Matrix, Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD), and Volume Integral methods. Most theoretical methods predict the optical properties of microorganisms by Lorenz-Mie theory. Lorenz–Mie theory is applicable for homogeneous and spherical particles, homogeneous concentric spheres, or coated spheres. This work seeks to determine the suitability of the commonly used homogenous-sphere, coated-sphere, and heterogenous-sphere approximation by simulating the optical behavior of photosynthetic microorganism (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii) using FDTD and an accurate geometric model. Here, each of the key cell organelles will be included in the model with the appropriate optical properties specified. These results allow for a more accurate optical model to be developed while studying the effects of different growth regimes.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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