Elliptically polarized coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy
Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 23, pp. 2842-2844 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.002842
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Abstract
We report an approach to coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy that significantly suppresses the nonresonant background for high-contrast vibrational imaging. We employ an elliptically polarized pump field with an aspect ratio of
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OCIS Codes
(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(170.0180) Medical optics and biotechnology : Microscopy
(190.4380) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing
(300.6230) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
(100.3175) Image processing : Interferometric imaging
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy
ToC Category:
Image Processing
History
Original Manuscript: August 4, 2008
Revised Manuscript: September 23, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: October 6, 2008
Published: November 25, 2008
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Vol. 4, Iss. 2 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Fake Lu, Wei Zheng, and Zhiwei Huang, "Elliptically polarized coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy," Opt. Lett. 33, 2842-2844 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-23-2842
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