Nonlinear Ultrafast Focal-Point Optics for Microscopic Imaging, Manipulation, and Machining

Author

Itoh, Kazuyoshi ; Watanabe, Wataru ; Ozeki, Yasuyuki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. & Life Sci., Osaka Univ., Suita

Volume

97

Issue

6

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1011

Lastpage

1030

Abstract

When ultrafast laser pulses are tightly focused inside a transparent medium, various nonlinear optical phenomena readily occur at the focal point. These phenomena at the focal point can be utilized for nonlinear-optical microscopy, nanosurgery inside biological samples, device fabrication inside transparent materials, and welding of transparent materials. We review these new techniques from a unified viewpoint.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; high-speed optical techniques; laser applications in medicine; laser beam machining; laser beam welding; laser beams; laser materials processing; micromachining; optical focusing; optical microscopy; surgery; laser welding; manipulation; micromachining; microscopic imaging; nanosurgery; nonlinear optical phenomena; nonlinear ultrafast focal-point optics; nonlinear-optical microscopy; transparent materials; transparent medium; ultrafast laser pulse focusing; Biological materials; Biomedical optical imaging; Machining; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical materials; Optical microscopy; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics; Biomedical application of optical radiation; laser beam focusing; micromachining; microscopy; ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2009.2017105

Filename

4939405