title: Advancing multifocal nonlinear microscopy: development and application of a novel multibeam Yb:KGd(WO4)2 oscillator.
abstract: We present a novel Yb:KGd(WO(4))(2) oscillator design that generates six beams of temporally delayed, 253 fs, 11 nJ pulses. This allows multifocal nonlinear microscopy to be performed without the need for complicated optical multiplexers. We demonstrate our design with twelve simultaneously acquired two-photon, second-harmonic and/or third-harmonic images generated from six laterally separated foci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA. ksheetz@mines.edu
authors.forename: Kraig E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sheetz
authors.forename: Erich E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Hoover
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carriles
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kleinfeld
authors.forename: Jeff A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Squier