title: Wide-field coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy with non-phase-matching illumination.
abstract: We have developed and tested a wide-field coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy technique, which provides the simultaneous imaging of an extended illuminated area without scanning. This method is based on the non-phase-matching illumination of a sample and imaging of a CARS signal with a CCD camera using conventional microscope optics. We have identified a set of conditions on the illumination and imaging optics, as well as on sample preparation. Imaging of test objects proved high spatial resolution and chemical selectivity of this technique.
authors.affiliation: Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, 445 Via Palou, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Toytman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simanovskii
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palanker