Two-photon fluorescence bioimaging with an all-semiconductor laser picosecond pulse source

Opt Lett. 2007 Sep 15;32(18):2726-8. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.002726.

Abstract

We have demonstrated successful two-photon excitation fluorescence bioimaging using a high-power pulsed all-semiconductor laser. Toward this purpose, we developed a pulsed light source consisting of a mode-locked laser diode and a two-stage diode laser amplifier. This pulsed light source provided optical pulses of 5 ps duration and having a maximum peak power of over 100 W at a wavelength of 800 nm and a repetition frequency of 500 MHz.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Lasers*
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Lighting / methods
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / instrumentation*
  • Semiconductors