DocumentCode
421595
Title
Photonic crystal fibre laser source for short-wavelength multi-photon laser scanning microscopy
Author
McConnell, Gail ; Riis, Erling
Author_Institution
Center for Biophotonics, Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We report a source based on soliton self-frequency shift in microstructured fibres for multi-photon microscopy of calcium indicators. We demonstrate the system by imaging smooth muscle cells from the rat pulmonary vein loaded with fura-2/AM.
Keywords
biological techniques; cellular biophysics; fibre lasers; micro-optics; multiphoton processes; muscle; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical solitons; photonic crystals; calcium indicators; fura-2-AM; microstructured fibres; photonic crystal fibre laser source; rat pulmonary vein; short-wavelength multiphoton laser scanning microscopy; smooth muscle cells; soliton self-frequency shift;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360788
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