• DocumentCode
    421673
  • Title

    Compact self-started femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser for non-linear optical microscopy

  • Author

    Liu, Tzu-Ming ; Chu, Shi-Wei ; Tai, Shih-Peng ; Sun, Chi-Kuang ; Kärtner, Franz X. ; Fujimoto, James G.

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated a compact, prismless, self-started Cr:forsterite laser generating 300 mW of 85-fs pulses around 1226 nm. Based on a fiber pump laser, this compact laser system is a promising clinical source for portable nonlinear scanning microscope.
  • Keywords
    chromium; nonlinear optics; optical microscopy; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; 300 mW; 85 fs; Mg/sub 2/SiO/sub 4/:Cr; compact self-started femtosecond Cr-forsterite laser; fiber pump laser; nonlinear optical microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360871