title: Frequency-shifted megawatt soliton output of a hollow photonic-crystal fiber for time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microspectroscopy.
abstract: Hollow-core photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs) provide soliton delivery and frequency shifting of 2.8 MW femtosecond pulses with an input central wavelength of 618 nm. The frequency-shifted megawatt soliton output of the hollow PCF is used as a high-peak-power Stokes field for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microspectroscopy, providing a dynamic range of nearly four decades for anti-Stokes signal detection, thus enabling time-resolved CARS studies of ultrafast relaxation processes on time scales from tens of femtoseconds up to tens of picoseconds.
authors.affiliation: Center of Photochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Podshivalov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zheltikov
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide