DocumentCode
1671175
Title
Fiber-format picosecond source for coherent Raman microscopy
Author
Lefrancois, Simon ; Kong, Lingjie ; Wadsworth, William ; Herda, Robert ; Zach, Armin ; Holtom, Gary ; Xie, X. Sunney ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a fiber-based source for coherent Raman microscopy. Picosecond frequency conversion is achieved by normal dispersion four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fiber, yielding nanojoule pulses with 2800-3200 cm-1 frequency differences.
Keywords
coherent antiStokes Raman scattering; holey fibres; light sources; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical microscopy; photonic crystals; coherent Raman microscopy; fiber format picosecond source; four-wave mixing; normal dispersion; photonic crystal fiber; picosecond frequency conversion; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Microscopy; Photonic crystals;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326322
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