title: Compact and fully collinear light source for broadband multiplex CARS microscopy covering the fingerprint region.
abstract: Compact and fully collinear light source for multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy was proposed and demonstrated. It consists of only a microchip laser, a short photonic crystal fiber, and a longpass filter. It offers performance of sensitivity, bandwidth, and spectral resolution suitable for biomedical applications, especially covering the entire fingerprint region (500-1800 cm(-1)). It can be readily implemented by a commercially available microchip laser and a photonic crystal fiber. It has great potential to expand the utility of CARS microscopy to a wide variety of fields such as endoscopy.
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe