Title :
Fiber delivered two-color picosecond source through nonlinear spectral transformation for coherent Raman scattering imaging
Author :
Wang, Ke ; Xu, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a two-color fiber-delivered picosecond source and its application to coherent Raman scattering imaging. The pump and the Stokes pulses are generated through nonlinear spectral compression and broadening in optical fibers, respectively.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; light sources; optical fibres; optical images; optical microscopy; Stokes pulses; coherent Raman scattering imaging; fiber delivered two-color picosecond source; nonlinear spectral compression; nonlinear spectral transformation; optical fibers; spectral broadening; Imaging; Laser excitation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6