Abstract
An alternative light source for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microspectroscopy based on red-shifted solitons in a polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF) is experimentally demonstrated. By coupling femtosecond pulses into the anomalous dispersion region of the fundamental mode of a PM-PCF along the slow and fast axes, the red-shifted solitons generated can be used as the Stokes beams when the pump pulses are chosen as the pump beams. Through the process of red-shift, the frequency differences of the pump-Stokes beams are tunable in the ranges of 0 to 4068 cm-1 and 0 to 4594 cm-1, respectively. Moreover, because of the well maintained polarization states of the pump and Stokes beams and the high output powers of the solitons, CARS microspectroscopy using the proposed source will have a high signal-tonoise ratio and short data acquisition time. CARS microspectroscopy based on the proposed all-fiber light source can be used for studying a wide range of vibrational Raman spectra.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 056107 |
Journal | Optical Engineering |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2015 |
Keywords
- coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microspectroscopy
- polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber
- red-shifted solitons
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- General Engineering