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Single-laser light source for CARS microscopy based on soliton self-frequency shift in a microstructured fiber

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A femtosecond light source comprising two high-intensity beams at different wavelengths is applied to coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. One wavelength is supplied by a Titanium : Sapphire oscillator, while the other is derived from that via soliton-self-frequency shift in a microstructured fiber. Clear CARS images are acquired with the frequency difference adjusted to resonances of polystyrene and lipids.

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    P. Groß, L. Kleinschmidt, S. Beer, C. Cleff & C. Fallnich

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Groß, P., Kleinschmidt, L., Beer, S. et al. Single-laser light source for CARS microscopy based on soliton self-frequency shift in a microstructured fiber. Appl. Phys. B 101, 167–172 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4111-x

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