DocumentCode
448294
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
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1506
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202174
Filename
1573240
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