Miniaturized video-rate epi-third-harmonic-generation fiber-microscope

Opt Express. 2010 Aug 2;18(16):17382-91. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.017382.

Abstract

With a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror, we successfully developed a miniaturized epi-third-harmonic-generation (epi-THG) fiber-microscope with a video frame rate (31 Hz), which was designed for in vivo optical biopsy of human skin. With a large-mode-area (LMA) photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and a regular microscopic objective, the nonlinear distortion of the ultrafast pulses delivery could be much reduced while still achieving a 0.4 microm lateral resolution for epi-THG signals. In vivo real time virtual biopsy of the Asian skin with a video rate (31 Hz) and a sub-micron resolution was obtained. The result indicates that this miniaturized system was compact enough for the least invasive hand-held clinical use.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems*
  • Microscopy / instrumentation*
  • Miniaturization
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Photons*
  • Videotape Recording / instrumentation*