Title :
Sensitivity enhancement of fiber-laser-based stimulated Raman scattering microscopy by intensity noise suppressor
Author :
Nose, Keisuke ; Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Kishi, Tatsuya ; Sumimura, Kazuhiko ; Nishizawa, Norihiko ; Kanematsu, Yasuo ; Itoh, Kazuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Div. of Adv. Sci. & Biotechnol., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
Fiber laser pulses are split and combined with a delay to suppress the intensity noise by 23 dB, which is only 4-dB higher than the shot noise limit. Fiber-based stimulated Raman imaging is also demonstrated.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; delays; fibre lasers; optical images; shot noise; delay; fiber laser pulses; fiber-based stimulated Raman imaging; fiber-laser-based stimulated Raman scattering microscopy; intensity noise; intensity noise suppressor; sensitivity enhancement; shot noise limit; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Microscopy; Photoconductivity; Probes; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
