Title :
Two-photon fluorescence microendoscope using a flexible multicore image guide
Author :
Lelek, M. ; Louradour, F. ; Barthelemy, A. ; Viellerobe, B. ; Lacombe, F.
Author_Institution :
IRCOM-XLIM, Limoges
Abstract :
A flexible image guide is excited by femtoseconde pulses. Precompensation of dispersion and nonlinear effects encountered in the waveguide allows the recording of two photon fluorescence endoscopic images of colon cells.
Keywords :
endoscopes; fluorescence spectroscopy; high-speed optical techniques; two-photon spectroscopy; colon cells; dispersion compensation; femtosecond pulses; flexible image guide; flexible multicore image guide; nonlinear effect compensation; two-photon fluorescence microendoscope; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Multicore processing; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Ultrafast optics; (020.0020) Atomic and Molecular physics; (060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications; (110.0110) Imaging systems; (170.0170) Medical optics and biotechnology; (180.0180) Microscopy; (320.0320) Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627863
