High spatial-resolution biological tissue imaging in the second near-infrared region via optical parametric amplification pumped by an ultrafast vortex pulse [Invited]

Xuanke Zeng; Congying Wang; Yi Cai; Qinggang Lin; Xiaowei Lu; Jiahe Lin; Xinming Yuan; Wenhua Cao; Yuexia Ai; Shixiang Xu

doi:10.3788/COL202220.100003

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