Fiber four-wave mixing source for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy

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Lefrancois, S., Fu, D., Holtom, G. R., Kong, L., Wadsworth, W. J., Schneider, P., Herda, R., Zach, A., Sunney Xie, X. and Wise, F. W., 2012. Fiber four-wave mixing source for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Optics Letters, 37 (10), pp. 1652-1654.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001652

Abstract

We present a fiber-format picosecond light source for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Pulses from a Yb-doped fiber amplifier are frequency converted by four-wave mixing (FWM) in normal-dispersion photonic crystal fiber to produce a synchronized two-color picosecond pulse train. We show that seeding the FWM process overcomes the deleterious effects of group-velocity mismatch and allows efficient conversion into narrow frequency bands. The source generates more than 160 mW of nearly transform-limited pulses tunable from 775 to 815 nm. High-quality coherent Raman images of animal tissues and cells acquired with this source are presented.

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Item Type	Articles
Creators	Lefrancois, S., Fu, D., Holtom, G. R., Kong, L., Wadsworth, W. J., Schneider, P., Herda, R., Zach, A., Sunney Xie, X. and Wise, F. W.
DOI	10.1364/OL.37.001652
Departments	Faculty of Science > Physics
Publisher Statement	Wadsworth_Opt_Lett_37_10_1652.pdf: © 2012 OSA. This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001652. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Refereed	Yes
Status	Published
ID Code	31185

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