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Title: Total internal reflection enabled wide-field coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy

Journal Article · · Optics Letters

Wide-field coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy offers an attractive means for the rapid and simultaneous acquisition of vibrationally resolved images across a large field of view. A major challenge in the implementation lies in how to achieve sufficiently strong excitation fields necessary to drive the third-order optical responses over the large focal region. Here, we report a new wide-field CARS microscope enabled by a total internal reflection excitation scheme using a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire oscillator to generate pump and broadband near-infrared Stokes pulses. The spectrally broad Stokes pulse, in combination with its inherent chirp, offers not only access to a wide range of Raman modes spanning $${\sim}{1000}$$ to $${\sim}{3500}\;{{\rm cm}^{- 1}}$$ but also a straightforward means to select vibrational transitions within this range by simply varying the time delay between the pulses. The unique capabilities of this wide-field CARS microscope were validated by acquiring high-quality CARS images from the model and complex biological samples on conventional microscope coverslips.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1631247
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1630981
Journal Information:
Optics Letters, Vol. 45, Issue 11; ISSN 0146-9592
Publisher:
Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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