A single-shot approach for measuring two-photon action cross-section of fluorescent markers Export

@article{citeulike:1196679, abstract = {We report on a novel method designed for measuring two-photon action cross sections spectra in a single shot without tuning the excitation wavelength. Our technique is based on (i) using a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber to broaden the spectrum of the femtosecond excitation pulses and (ii) exploiting angular dispersion to focus different wavelengths to different lateral positions. As a result, two-photon fluorescence signal at different excitation wavelengths can be obtained simultaneously. As a proof of principle, the relative two-photon action cross sections of rhodamine green and DiI-C<SUB>18</SUB> are measured over 740 - 860 nm range using fluorescein as a reference. Our results are in good agreement with that obtained using conventional tunable mode-locked laser.}, author = {Shi, K. and Heikal, A. A. and Liu, Z.}, citeulike-article-id = {1196679}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006OExpr..14.8722S}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/DirectPDFAccess/9F2757B6-BDB9-137E-CCD32F6005E50B34_105654.pdf?da=1&#38;id=105654&#38;seq=0&#38;CFID=40361510&#38;CFTOKEN=96209785}, journal = {Optics Express}, keywords = {dii, fluorescence, multiphoton, quantum}, month = {September}, pages = {8722--8727}, posted-at = {2007-03-29 20:43:46}, priority = {2}, title = {A single-shot approach for measuring two-photon action cross-section of fluorescent markers}, url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006OExpr..14.8722S}, volume = {14}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1196679 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1196679 N2 - We report on a novel method designed for measuring two-photon action cross sections spectra in a single shot without tuning the excitation wavelength. Our technique is based on (i) using a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber to broaden the spectrum of the femtosecond excitation pulses and (ii) exploiting angular dispersion to focus different wavelengths to different lateral positions. As a result, two-photon fluorescence signal at different excitation wavelengths can be obtained simultaneously. As a proof of principle, the relative two-photon action cross sections of rhodamine green and DiI-C<SUB>18</SUB> are measured over 740 - 860 nm range using fluorescein as a reference. Our results are in good agreement with that obtained using conventional tunable mode-locked laser. JF - Optics Express EP - 8727 TI - A single-shot approach for measuring two-photon action cross-section of fluorescent markers VL - 14 SP - 8722 KW - dii KW - fluorescence KW - multiphoton KW - quantum AU - Shi, K AU - Heikal, AA AU - Liu, Z PY - 2006/September// UR - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006OExpr..14.8722S ER -