7-ps optical pulse generation from a 1064-nm gain-switched laser diode and its application for two-photon microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5746-5753

  Kusama, Yuta ^a,b   Tanushi, Yuichiro ^a,b   Yokoyama, Masami ^a   Kawakami, Ryosuke ^b,c   Hibi, Terumasa ^b,c   Kozawa, Yuichi ^a,b   Nemoto, Tomomi ^b,c   Sato, Shunichi ^a,b   Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MAMMALS;

ENHANCED YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GAIN-SWITCHED LASER DIODES; ITS APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PULSE DURATION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL CHIRPING; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 84896365670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.005746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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