Open AccessRobust hollow-fiber-pigtailed 930 nm femtosecond Nd:fiber laser for volumetric two-photon imaging
Author(s) -
Bingying Chen,
Hao Rong,
Xiaoshuai Huang,
Ruirui Wu,
Danlei Wu,
Yijun Li,
Lishuang Feng,
Zhigang Zhang,
Liangyi Chen,
Aimin Wang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.25.022704
Subject(s) - femtosecond , optics , materials science , laser , fiber laser , optical fiber , fiber , optoelectronics , photonics , physics , composite material
We demonstrate a robust high power 930 nm femtosecond Nd:fiber laser system with hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber (HC-PBGF) as the output delivery, which can be easily integrated into compact two-photon microscopy system for bio-imaging. The whole laser system can deliver up to 17.4 nJ, 220-fs pulses at 930 nm with repetition rate of 46 MHz. In this paper, this laser was demonstrated as the light source for volumetric imaging of zebrafish blood vessel.