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Multiplex Chemical Imaging Based on Broadband Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy
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Broadband source generated by stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear optical fiber
Yan Wang1, Wei Zhang, Qing Wang
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. wangyan99@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Optics Letters
|May 4, 2004
Abstract:
A novel high-power broadband source based on the combined action of stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber ring cavity is investigated experimentally. An output spectrum of 1510-1580 nm with a stable power of 91 mW is demonstrated with a dual-wavelength pumping scheme.
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