Title :
Photonic crystal fibre laser source for short-wavelength multi-photon laser scanning microscopy
Author :
McConnell, Gail ; Riis, Erling
Author_Institution :
Center for Biophotonics, Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
We report a source based on soliton self-frequency shift in microstructured fibres for multi-photon microscopy of calcium indicators. We demonstrate the system by imaging smooth muscle cells from the rat pulmonary vein loaded with fura-2/AM.
Keywords :
biological techniques; cellular biophysics; fibre lasers; micro-optics; multiphoton processes; muscle; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical solitons; photonic crystals; calcium indicators; fura-2-AM; microstructured fibres; photonic crystal fibre laser source; rat pulmonary vein; short-wavelength multiphoton laser scanning microscopy; smooth muscle cells; soliton self-frequency shift;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
