High power picosecond fiber lasers for Raman microscopies

Simon Lefrancois; Lingjie Kong; Dimitre Ouzounov; Frank Wise; Changxi Yang

doi:10.1117/12.875097

28 February 2011 High power picosecond fiber lasers for Raman microscopies

Simon Lefrancois, Lingjie Kong, Dimitre Ouzounov, Frank Wise, Changxi Yang

Proceedings Volume 7903, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XI; 79030W (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875097
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Nonlinear microscopies based on coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) have demonstrated important capabilities for non-invasive label-free imaging of biological samples [1, 2]. In contrast to other nonlinear microscopies, Raman imaging is best performed with excitation pulses in the 2-7 ps range, which overlap spectrally with the desired Raman resonances. There is interest in performing CARS and SRS imaging with femtosecond pulses or picosecond/femtosecond combinations, or with chirped femtosecond pulses. This article will outline the challenges associated with the demonstration of a picosecond fiber source for Raman microscopies, and assess approaches to such a source.

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Simon Lefrancois, Lingjie Kong, Dimitre Ouzounov, Frank Wise, and Changxi Yang "High power picosecond fiber lasers for Raman microscopies", Proc. SPIE 7903, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XI, 79030W (28 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875097

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