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New opportunities offered by compact sub-nanosecond supercontinuum sources in ultra-broadband multiplex CARS microspectroscopy†

  1. P. Leproux1,2,*,
  2. V. Couderc1,
  3. A. de Angelis1,
  4. M. Okuno3,
  5. H. Kano3,4,
  6. H. Hamaguchi3

Article first published online: 30 MAY 2011

DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2995

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Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Volume 42, Issue 10, pages 1871–1874, October 2011

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Leproux, P., Couderc, V., de Angelis, A., Okuno, M., Kano, H. and Hamaguchi, H. (2011), New opportunities offered by compact sub-nanosecond supercontinuum sources in ultra-broadband multiplex CARS microspectroscopy. J. Raman Spectrosc., 42: 1871–1874. doi: 10.1002/jrs.2995

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  1. 1

    Institut de Recherche XLIM, UMR CNRS n° 6172, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France

  2. 2

    LEUKOS, ESTER Technopole, 87069 Limoges Cedex, France

  3. 3

    Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

  4. 4

    Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama 332-0012, Japan

*Institut de Recherche XLIM, UMR CNRS n° 6172, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France.

  1. †

    This article is part of the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy special issue entitled “Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy (ECONOS), Bremen, Germany, June 21–23, 2010” edited by Peter Radi, PSI, Villigen, Switzerland, and Arnulf Materny, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 OCT 2011
  2. Article first published online: 30 MAY 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 18 APR 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 22 OCT 2010

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Keywords:

  • multiplex CARS;
  • microspectroscopy;
  • microchip laser;
  • supercontinuum source;
  • photonic crystal fibre

Abstract

We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first turn-key and compact dual-output sub-nanosecond supercontinuum source applicable to ultrabroadband multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microspectroscopy of biological samples. The light source design and the microspectroscopy setup are described in details. Easy multicolour imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans nematode is operated successfully and discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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