Conference paper
Coherent fiber supercontinuum laser for nonlinear biomedical imaging
University of Illinois1
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Fiber Optics, Devices and Non-linear Effects, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Quantum and Laser Photonics, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Nonlinear biomedical imaging has not benefited from the well-known techniques of fiber supercontinuum generation for reasons such as poor coherence (or high noise), insufficient controllability, low spectral power intensity, and inadequate portability. Fortunately, a few techniques involving nonlinear fiber optics and femtosecond fiber laser development have emerged to overcome these critical limitations.
These techniques pave the way for conducting point-of-care nonlinear biomedical imaging by a low-maintenance cost-effective coherent fiber supercontinuum laser, which covers a broad emission wavelength of 350-1700 nm. A prototype of this laser has been demonstrated in label-free multimodal nonlinear imaging of cell and tissue samples.© (2012) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
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| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | SPIE |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Proceedings: | SPIE Photonics Asia 2012 : Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics V |
| ISSN: | 1996756x and 0277786x |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.999522 |
| ORCIDs: | Lægsgaard, Jesper |
