Compact fiber-delivered Cr:forsterite laser for nonlinear light microscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Chan, Ming Che ^a   Liu, Tzu Ming ^a   Tai, Shih Peng ^a   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double chirped mirrors; Large modearea photonic crystal fibers; Mode locked Cr:forsterite lasers; Nonlinear light microscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DOUBLE-CHIRPED MIRRORS; FORSTERITE LASER; LARGE-MODE-AREA PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; NONLINEAR LIGHT MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

CHROMIUM; MAGNESIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHROMIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MINIATURIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33645455041     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2060586     Document Type: Article

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