Title :
Compact self-started femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser for non-linear optical microscopy
Author :
Liu, Tzu-Ming ; Chu, Shi-Wei ; Tai, Shih-Peng ; Sun, Chi-Kuang ; Kärtner, Franz X. ; Fujimoto, James G.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrated a compact, prismless, self-started Cr:forsterite laser generating 300 mW of 85-fs pulses around 1226 nm. Based on a fiber pump laser, this compact laser system is a promising clinical source for portable nonlinear scanning microscope.
Keywords :
chromium; nonlinear optics; optical microscopy; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; 300 mW; 85 fs; Mg/sub 2/SiO/sub 4/:Cr; compact self-started femtosecond Cr-forsterite laser; fiber pump laser; nonlinear optical microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
