Patent ID: 7331983

Claim:
A method of biostimulation of organic tissue which is for enhancing growth of seedlings, comprising the steps of: a) choosing an oligomode transmission fiber having at least one means to selectively leak radiation from at least one preselected position along the length of said fiber, thus providing a laterally leaking fiber; b) placing said laterally leaking, oligomode transmission fiber in close proximity to said organic tissue at a plurality desired treatment sites, and wherein said means to selectively leak radiation are positioned so as to align lateral leaks at said desired treatment sites; c) activating a coherent light source at a proximal end of said fiber; and d) selectively leaking radiation from said source through said at least one means to selectively leak radiation from multiple positions along a length of said fiber independent from emission at a distal end; and wherein said steps comprising said method are more specifically: a1) assembling a bundle of said laterally leaking oligomode fibers of a length sufficient to traverse a planting area; b1) locating said bundle of laterally leaking oligomode fibers across said planting area, c1) directing individual laterally leaking oligomode fibers out of said bundle at desired planting intervals, said individual laterally leaking fibers having said means to selectively leak radiation from said individual oligomode fibers; d1) placing said lateral leaking individual fiber along with a seedling into the soil: and e1) transmitting coherent light from a light source through said laterally leaking oligomode fibers to deliver biostimulating radiation to said seedlings.