Title :
Fiber-laser-based Stimulated Raman microspectroscopy with shot-noise limited sensitivity
Author :
Nose, Keisuke ; Kishi, T. ; Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Kanematsu, Yasuo ; Itoh, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Div. of Adv. Sci. & Biotechnol., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We generate second-harmonic Er-fiber laser pulses with suppressed intensity noise by collinear balanced detection technique, and Yb fiber laser pulses with a wide tunability (~250 cm-1) to demonstrate fiber-laser-based stimulated Raman microspectroscopy of polymer beads.
Keywords :
Raman spectroscopy; erbium; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; laser noise; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; shot noise; ytterbium; Yb fiber laser pulses; collinear balanced detection; fiber-laser-based stimulated Raman microspectroscopy; intensity noise; laser tunability; polymer beads; second-harmonic Er-fiber laser pulse generation; shot-noise limited sensitivity; Fiber lasers; Microscopy; Noise; Optical fiber amplifiers; Raman scattering; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600051
