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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 13 — Jun. 18, 2012
  • pp: 14090–14099

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Polarization-resolved second harmonic generation microscopy with a four-channel Stokes-polarimeter

Nirmal Mazumder, Jianjun Qiu, Matthew R. Foreman, Carlos Macías Romero, Chih-Wei Hu, Han-Ruei Tsai, Peter Tӧrӧk, and Fu-Jen Kao  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 13, pp. 14090-14099 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.014090


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Abstract

We developed a four-channel photon counting based Stokes-polarimeter for spatial characterization of polarization effects in second harmonic generation (SHG). We have implemented a calibration technique allowing quantitative measurement of polarization parameters, such as the degree of polarization (DOP), degree of linear polarization (DOLP), degree of circular polarization (DOCP), as well as anisotropy from the acquired Stokes parameters. The technique is used as contrast mechanism to characterize the polarization properties from two potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) micro-crystals and collagen type-I in SHG microscopy.

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OCIS Codes
(120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
(120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
(320.0320) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast optics
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy

ToC Category:
Microscopy

History
Original Manuscript: April 27, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 1, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 1, 2012
Published: June 11, 2012

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Vol. 7, Iss. 8 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Nirmal Mazumder, Jianjun Qiu, Matthew R. Foreman, Carlos Macías Romero, Chih-Wei Hu, Han-Ruei Tsai, Peter Tӧrӧk, and Fu-Jen Kao, "Polarization-resolved second harmonic generation microscopy with a four-channel Stokes-polarimeter," Opt. Express 20, 14090-14099 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-13-14090


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