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Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

| EXPLORING THE INTERFACE OF LIGHT AND BIOMEDICINE

  • Editor: Gregory W. Faris
  • Vol. 1, Iss. 5 — May. 5, 2006

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One-laser interferometric broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

Tak W. Kee, Hongxia Zhao, and Marcus T. Cicerone  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 8, pp. 3631-3640 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.003631


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Abstract

We introduce an interferometric technique for eliminating the non-resonant background of broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy. CARS microscopy has been used for imaging a number of biological samples and processes, but the studies are mostly limited to detecting lipids in biological systems by probing the C-H stretch. Non-resonant background and incoherent noise sources can easily overwhelm less intense signals from other molecular vibrations. In this study, we demonstrate a one-laser broadband interferometric technique that separates the spontaneous Raman scattering-related component of the CARS signal from the non-resonant background using liquid benzonitrile as a model system.

© 2006 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(300.6230) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

ToC Category:
Spectroscopy

History
Original Manuscript: February 17, 2006
Revised Manuscript: March 28, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: March 30, 2006
Published: April 17, 2006

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Tak W. Kee, Hongxia Zhao, and Marcus T. Cicerone, "One-laser interferometric broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering," Opt. Express 14, 3631-3640 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-8-3631


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