Femtosecond fiber laser at 780 nm for two-photon autofluorescence imaging

Wan Yang; Danlei Wu; Runlong Wu; Guanyu Liu; Bingying Chen; Lishuang Feng; Zhigang Zhang; Aimin Wang

doi:10.3788/COL201917.071405

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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 17, Issue 7, 071405 (2019)

Femtosecond fiber laser at 780 nm for two-photon autofluorescence imaging

Wan Yang¹, Danlei Wu^1、2, Runlong Wu¹, Guanyu Liu¹, Bingying Chen¹, Lishuang Feng², Zhigang Zhang¹, and Aimin Wang^1、*

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¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication System and Networks, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

²Key Laboratory of Precision Opto-Mechatronics Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Instrumentation Science & Optoelectronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

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Wan Yang, Danlei Wu, Runlong Wu, Guanyu Liu, Bingying Chen, Lishuang Feng, Zhigang Zhang, Aimin Wang. Femtosecond fiber laser at 780 nm for two-photon autofluorescence imaging[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2019, 17(7): 071405 Copy Citation Text

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Abstract

We present an Er-doped fiber (Er:fiber)-based femtosecond laser at 780 nm with 256 MHz repetition rate, 191 fs pulse duration, and over 1 W average power. Apart from the careful third-order dispersion management, we introduce moderate self-phase modulation to broaden the output spectrum of the Er:fiber amplifier and achieve 193 fs pulse duration and 2.43 W average power. Over 40% frequency doubling efficiency is obtained by a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. Delivering through a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber, this robust laser becomes an ideal and convenient light source for two-photon autofluorescence imaging.