Langbein, Wolfgang Werner ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023, Rocha-Mendoza, Israel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-6304 and Borri, Paola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-3314 2009. Coherent anti-Stokes Raman micro-spectroscopy using spectral focusing: theory and experiment. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 40 (7) , pp. 800-808. 10.1002/jrs.2264 |
Abstract
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy using linearly chirped femtosecond laser pulses and spectrally and time-integrated detection is discussed both theoretically and experimentally. By matching the linear chirp of Stokes and pump pulses, the spectral resolution is reduced to the Fourier limit of the chirped pulse duration (spectral focusing). We discuss the effect of the time-ordering of Pump and Stokes pulses on the signal strength and selectivity, and give analytical expressions for the relevant quantities. We consider linear chirp obtained by glass elements of known group-velocity dispersion, and analyze the limit of the spectral resolution by higher order glass dispersion. Experiments corroborating the theory are presented, using 100 fs laser pulses, SF57 glass elements, and polystyrene beads as test samples.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Biosciences Physics and Astronomy |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | CARS;spectral focusing;third-order dispersion;pulse propagation;chirp;microscopy;spectroscopy |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 0377-0486 |
Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2022 11:10 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7314 |
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