Stimulated Raman scattering microscopy by spectral focusing and fiber-generated soliton as Stokes pulse

Opt Lett. 2011 Jul 1;36(13):2387-9. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.002387.

Abstract

We demonstrate stimulated Raman microscopy with broadband pump and Stokes pulses, using spectral focusing to attain spectral resolution and to rapidly acquire spectra within a spectral window determined by the bandwidth of the pulses. As the Stokes pulse, we use the redshifted soliton generated in a photonic crystal fiber, which allows for simple shifting of the accessible spectral window.