Nonlinear optical endoscope based on a compact two axes piezo scanner and a miniature objective lens

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 20588-20596

  Le Harzic, R ^a   Weinigel, M ^b   Riemann, I ^a   Konig K ^b,c   Messerschmidt, B ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b JENLAB GMBH   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GRINTECH GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PULSES; LENSES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DETECTION EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; LATERAL RESOLUTION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; SIGNAL COLLECTION; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 57349146742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020588     Document Type: Article

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