Nonlinear coherent four-wave mixing in optical microscopy
JOSA B, Vol. 17, Issue 10, pp. 1678-1684 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.17.001678
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Abstract
An analysis of the imaging properties of nonlinear coherent four-wave mixing optical microscopes is presented. The generation and propagation of coherent signals are considered under conditions of high numerical aperture with a model that circumvents the need to use the slowly varying envelope approximation. Calculations of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering signals show that diffraction effects play a prominent role in the spatial distribution of the coherent signal intensity. It is emphasized that, unlike for fluorescence microscopy, the detected signal is not a straightforward convolution of a point-spread function and the object but is shaped by the complex interplay of object size and coherent buildup dynamics.
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OCIS Codes
(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(180.6900) Microscopy : Three-dimensional microscopy
(190.4180) Nonlinear optics : Multiphoton processes
(190.4380) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing
(260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
(290.5910) Scattering : Scattering, stimulated Raman
(300.6230) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
Citation
Eric O. Potma, Wim P. de Boeij, and Douwe A. Wiersma, "Nonlinear coherent four-wave mixing in optical microscopy," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 1678-1684 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-17-10-1678
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