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Femtosecond Near-IR Cr:Forsterite Laser Employed in Multiphoton Microscopy

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Daniel S. Burgess

Scientists at Osaka University in Toyonaka and Suita, Japan, have developed a multiphoton fluorescence microscope that uses a Cr:forsterite laser as a near-infrared excitation source. They propose that such microscopes will be useful for the imaging of opaque, fragile biological specimens. The benefits of the Cr:forsterite (Cr4+:Mg2SiO4) laser in the setup derive from its femtosecond pulse duration and wavelength of 1.26 µm, explained Hiroshi Miyasaka, a professor and the head of the Miyasaka Lab at the university’s graduate school of engineering science. The short pulse width at the...Read full article

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    Published: March 2006
    Basic SciencebiologicalFeaturesfemtosecondMicroscopymultiphoton fluorescence microscopespectroscopy

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