Stimulated Raman scattering using a single femtosecond oscillator with flexibility for imaging and spectral applications

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 18885-18892

  Beier, Hope T ^a   Noojin, Gary D ^b   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TASC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

BROADBAND SPECTRA; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER OSCILLATORS; FEMTOSECOND OSCILLATORS; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; STOKES SHIFT; SUPERCONTINUUM;

STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MICROSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 80053255589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018885     Document Type: Article

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