Development of polarization-mode controllable CARS microscope

Mamoru Hashimoto; Tatsuro Takagi; Takeo Minamikawa; Hirohiko Niioka; Tsutomu Araki

doi:10.1117/12.874734

22 February 2011 Development of polarization-mode controllable CARS microscope

Mamoru Hashimoto, Tatsuro Takagi, Takeo Minamikawa, Hirohiko Niioka, Tsutomu Araki

Proceedings Volume 7903, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XI; 79031E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874734
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We developed a polarization-mode controllable coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscope. The polarizationmode of excitations beams such as linear, radial, or azimuth polarization were switched with compact polarization mode converters made of eight-segmented liquid-crystal spatial-light-modulators. The polarization-mode of the excitation beams is electrically controllable without any mechanical operation. We demonstrated the detection of the molecular orientation of liquid crystals with the developed microscope.

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Mamoru Hashimoto, Tatsuro Takagi, Takeo Minamikawa, Hirohiko Niioka, and Tsutomu Araki "Development of polarization-mode controllable CARS microscope", Proc. SPIE 7903, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XI, 79031E (22 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874734

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