Phase-cycling coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering using shaped femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 25825-25832

  Li, Baolei ^a   Warren, Warren S ^b   Fischer, Martin C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; HOMODYNES; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; NONRESONANT; PHASE CYCLING; PHASE INFORMATION; RAMAN SIGNAL; RAMAN SIGNATURES; REFERENCE SIGNALS;

COHERENT SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 78650068599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025825     Document Type: Article

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