Intracavity wavelength modulation of an optical parametric oscillator for coherent Raman microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12532-12539

  Saar, Brian G ^a   Holtom, Gary R ^a   Freudiger, Christian W ^a,b   Ackermann, Chrisita ^c   Hill, Winfield ^d   Xie, X Sunney ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ackermann Associates   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MODULATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

BACKGROUND SIGNALS; CHEMICAL CONTRAST; COHERENT ANTI STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; RAMAN MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERINGS (SRS); WAVELENGTH MODULATION;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

MINOXIDIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAIR; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SKIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAIR; LASERS; LIGHT; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MINOXIDIL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67749130927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012532     Document Type: Article

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