Simultaneous hyperspectral differential-CARS, TPF and SHG microscopy with a single 5 fs Ti:Sa laser

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 7096-7106

  Pope, Iestyn ^a   Langbein, Wolfgang ^b   Watson, Peter ^a   Borri, Paola ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; LASER EXCITATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPECTROSCOPY; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

BACKGROUND SUPPRESSION; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; DIFFERENTIAL COHERENT; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGES; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL TRACKING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL TRACKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84875748025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.007096     Document Type: Article

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