Single-source interferometric multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering with a photonic crystal fiber light source

Author

Camp, Charles H., Jr. ; Eftekhar, Ali A. ; Adibi, Ali

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

An interferometric multiplex coherent anti-Stokes scattering (iMCARS) system that utilizes the supercontinuum of a photonic crystal fiber as both the Stokes and local oscillator sources for broadband heterodyne detection is demonstrated.

Keywords

coherent antiStokes Raman scattering; heterodyne detection; holey fibres; light interferometry; light sources; optical materials; optical signal detection; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; broadband heterodyne detection; coherent antistokes Raman scattering; local oscillator sources; photonic crystal fiber light source; single-source interferometry; supercontinuum; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber nonlinear optics; Light sources; Local oscillators; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Raman scattering; Spectroscopy; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (300.6230) Spectroscopy, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571688