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Advanced Photonics Nexus
Vol. 1, Issue 2, 026001 (2022)

Deep-tissue two-photon microscopy with a frequency-doubled all-fiber mode-locked laser at 937 nm | Article Video

Hongsen He^1、†, Huajun Tang¹, Meng Zhou¹, Hei Ming Lai^2、3、4, Tian Qiao^1、*, Yu-xuan Ren⁵, Cora S. W. Lai^6、7, Ho Ko^2、3、4, Xiaoming Wei⁸, Zhongmin Yang⁸, Kevin K. Tsia^1、9, and Kenneth K. Y. Wong^1、9、*

Author Affiliations

¹University of Hong Kong, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong, China

²Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Hong Kong, China

³Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong, China

⁴Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Hong Kong, China

⁵Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Institute for Translational Brain Research, Shanghai, China

⁶University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, China

⁷University of Hong Kong, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Hong Kong, China

⁸South China University of Technology, School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Guangzhou, China

⁹Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, Hong Kong, China

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Hongsen He, Huajun Tang, Meng Zhou, Hei Ming Lai, Tian Qiao, Yu-xuan Ren, Cora S. W. Lai, Ho Ko, Xiaoming Wei, Zhongmin Yang, Kevin K. Tsia, Kenneth K. Y. Wong. Deep-tissue two-photon microscopy with a frequency-doubled all-fiber mode-locked laser at 937 nm[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2022, 1(2): 026001 Copy Citation Text

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Hongsen He, Huajun Tang, Meng Zhou, Hei Ming Lai, Tian Qiao, Yu-xuan Ren, Cora S. W. Lai, Ho Ko, Xiaoming Wei, Zhongmin Yang, Kevin K. Tsia, Kenneth K. Y. Wong. Deep-tissue two-photon microscopy with a frequency-doubled all-fiber mode-locked laser at 937 nm[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2022, 1(2): 026001

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