title: Synchronized time-lens source for coherent Raman scattering microscopy.
abstract: We use the time-lens concept to demonstrate a new scheme for synchronization of two pulsed light sources for biological imaging. An all fiber, 1064 nm time-lens source is synchronized to a picosecond solid-state Ti: Sapphire mode-locked laser by using the mode-locked laser pulses as the clock. We demonstrate the application of this synchronized source for CARS and SRS imaging by imaging mouse tissues. Synchronized two wavelength pulsed source is an important technical difficulty for CARS and SRS imaging. The time-lens source demonstrated here may provide an all fiber, user friendly alternative for future SRS imaging.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. kw376@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Christian W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Freudiger
authors.forename: Jennifer H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Saar
authors.forename: X Sunney
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu