Title :
Tunable megawatt soliton pulse generation covering the optimum wavelength window for tissue penetration
Author :
Ke Wang ; Horton, Nicholas ; Chun-Chin Wang ; Ouzounov, Dimitar ; Xu, Changsheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 1600-1820 nm tunable MW soliton generation using a solid-core photonic crystal rod pumped by a compact fiber source, and its application to in vivo deep penetration three-photon microscopy in mouse brain.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; brain; multiphoton spectroscopy; optical microscopy; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical solitons; optical tuning; photonic crystals; compact fiber source; in vivo deep penetration; mouse brain; optimum wavelength window; solid-core photonic crystal rod; three-photon microscopy; tissue penetration; tunable megawatt soliton pulse generation; wavelength 1600 nm to 1820 nm; In vivo; Mice; Microscopy; Optical fibers; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
