Title :
THG microscopy imaging of blood using sub-50fs Yb fiber laser
Author :
Saytashev, Ilyas ; Bai Nie ; Dantus, Marcos
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
We report on multimodal imaging of blood using sub-50 fs pulses centered at 1060 nm wavelength. We find that red blood cells appear dark on SHG images while on THG images of blood provide bright signal and good contrast.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; blood; cellular biophysics; fibre lasers; laser applications in medicine; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; SHG images; THG microscopy imaging; Yb fiber laser; multimodal imaging; red blood cells; second harmonic generation images; third harmonic generation microscopy; time 50 fs; wavelength 1060 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Microscopy; Red blood cells;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
