Title :
Nonlinear optical microscopy with few-cycle laser pulses
Author :
Tempea, Gabriel ; Hui, W. ; Gomes da Costa, S. ; de Aguiar, H.B. ; Volkmer, A.
Author_Institution :
FEMTOLASERS Produktions GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Near bandwidth-limited 7-fs-pulses were delivered at the foci of high-NA objectives by employing broadband mirrors for dispersion compensation. The impact of 7-fs-pulses on the signal generation efficiency and contrast in nonlinear optical imaging was investigated.
Keywords :
laser mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical microscopy; optical pulse generation; broadband mirrors; dispersion compensation; few-cycle laser femtosecond pulses; high-numerical aperture objectives; nonlinear optical imaging; nonlinear optical microscopy; signal generation efficiency; Compressors; Dispersion; Microscopy; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
