Triple-frequency symmetric subtraction scheme for nonresonant background suppression in coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15714-15724

  Fang, Chao ^a   Lu, Fake ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Huang, Zhiwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BACKGROUND SUPPRESSION; COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH CONTRAST; NONRESONANT; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; RESONANT SIGNAL; VIBRATIONAL IMAGING;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 77954895600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015714     Document Type: Article

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