title: Ultracompact autocorrelator for multiphoton microscopy.
abstract: Pulse temporal characterization is a fundamental task when operating a Ti:Sapphire ultrafast laser system for multiphoton microscopy applications. In the present report, an ultracompact autocorrelator setup and a simple procedure is reported to perform pulse width measurements at the focal plane of the microscope objective without the need of any further instrumentation, aside from a few optical elements, since the confocal microscope, detection, data acquisition, processing, and displaying capabilities are used.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Biophotonics Laboratory, Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy. quercioli@inoa.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quercioli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghirelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tiribilli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vassalli
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D007834:Lasers; D036641:Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017785:Photons; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors