title: Picosecond polarized supercontinuum generation controlled by intermodal four-wave mixing for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.
abstract: We present the generation of a picosecond polarized supercontinuum in highly birefringent multimodal microstructured fiber. The initial steps of the spectral broadening are dominated by intermodal four-wave mixing controlled by the specific fiber design. Using a low repetition rate ultra-stable solid state laser, a pulse train well-suited for versatile time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging applications is obtained.
authors: Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, University Paris-Sud, Palaiseau, France.
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Blandin
authors: Frederic
authors: F
authors: Druon
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Hanna
authors: Sandrine
authors: S
authors: Lévêque-Fort
authors: Christelle
authors: C
authors: Lesvigne
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Couderc
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Leproux
authors: Alessandro
authors: A
authors: Tonello
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Georges
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity