Combined third-harmonic generation and four-wave mixing microscopy of tissues and embryos
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Combined third-harmonic generation and four-wave mixing microscopy of tissues and embryos
Nonlinear microscopy can be used to probe the intrinsic optical properties of biological tissues. Using femtosecond pulses, third-harmonic generation (THG) and four-wave mixing (FWM) signals can be efficiently produced and detected simultaneously. Both signals probe a similar parameter, i.e. the real part of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ((3)). However THG and FWM images result from...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Optics Express
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2156-7085,2156-7085
DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.002837