Title :
Direct backward-emitted third-harmonic generation and its application to clinical microscopy
Author :
Chen, Szu-Yu ; Tai, Shih-Peng ; Tsai, Tsung-Han ; Sun, Chi-Kuang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Similar to forward-emitted third-harmonic-generation (THG), backward-emitted THG is found to be sensitive to interface inhomogeneity with improved longitudinal sectioning capability and can be applied to noninvasive clinical imaging.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; backward-emitted THG; clinical microscopy; direct backward-emitted third-harmonic generation; interface inhomogeneity; longitudinal sectioning capability; noninvasive clinical imaging; optical susceptibility; Biological information theory; Biomedical optical imaging; Geometrical optics; Geometry; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548714
