Title : 
Development of Transient Absorption Ultrasonic Microscopy
         
        
            Author : 
Shelton, Ryan L. ; Applegate, Brian E.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We have developed a novel hybrid imaging modality, Transient Absorption Ultrasonic Microscopy, that integrates nonlinear absorption with photoacoustic detection to achieve high resolution absorption imaging. Basic principles and recent progress will be discussed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
light absorption; nonlinear optics; optical microscopy; photoacoustic effect; high resolution absorption imaging; hybrid imaging modality; nonlinear absorption; photoacoustic detection; transient absorption ultrasonic microscopy; Biomedical optical imaging; Image resolution; Microscopy; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Optical reflection;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1223-4