Title :
Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing of femtosecond pulses
Author :
Zhu, Guanghao ; Van Howe, James ; Durst, Michael ; Zipfel, Warren ; Xu, Chris
Author_Institution :
Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the concept of simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing of femtosecond pulses. Our technique has the potential to significantly reduce background excitation which fundamentally limits the imaging depth in scattering biological specimens.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biomedical optical imaging; laser applications in medicine; optical focusing; optical microscopy; femtosecond pulse focusing; imaging depth; scattering biological specimen; simultaneous spatial focusing; temporal focusing; Fluorescence; Focusing; Laser excitation; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202174
