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Theoretical investigation on Raman induced kerr effect spectroscopy in nonlinear confocal microscopy

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The imaging theory of Raman induced Kerr effect spectroscopy (RIKES) in nonlinear confocal microscopy is presented in this paper. Three-dimensional point spread function (3D-PSF) of RIKES nonlinear confocal microscopy in isotropic media is derived with Fourier imaging theory and RIKES theory. The impact of nonlinear property of RIKES on the spatial resolution and imaging properties of confocal microscopy have been analyzed in detail. It is proved that RIKES nonlinear confocal microscopy can simultaneously provide more information than two-photon confocal microscopy concerning molecular vibration mode, vibration orientation and optically induced molecular reorientation, etc. It is shown that RIKES nonlinear confocal microscopy significantly enhances the spatial resolution and imaging quality of confocal microscopy and achieves much higher resolution than that of two-photon confocal microscopy.

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  1. School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    LiNa Guo & ZhiLie Tang

  2. Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Ministry of Education of China, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

    ZhiLie Tang & Da Xing

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Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (Grant No. 05005926), the Plan Project of Science and Technology of Guangzhou City (Grant No. 2007J1-C0011) and Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Ministry of Education of China (2007–05)

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Guo, L., Tang, Z. & Xing, D. Theoretical investigation on Raman induced kerr effect spectroscopy in nonlinear confocal microscopy. Sci. China Ser. G-Phys. Mech. Astron. 51, 788–796 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-008-0086-6

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