@article {2769,
	title = {Delivery of picosecond lasers in multimode fibers for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering imaging.},
	journal = {Optics Express},
	volume = {18},
	year = {2010},
	month = {2010 Jun 7},
	pages = {13017-28},
	abstract = {<p>We investigated the possibility of using standard commercial multimode fibers (MMF), Corning SMF28 fibers, to deliver picosecond excitation lasers for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) imaging. We theoretically and/or experimentally analyzed issues associated with the fiber delivery, such as dispersion length, walk-off length, nonlinear length, average threshold power for self-phase modulations, and four-wave mixing (FWM). These analyses can also be applied to other types of fibers. We found that FWM signals are generated in MMF, but they can be filtered out using a long-pass filter for CARS imaging. Finally, we demonstrated that MMF can be used for delivery of picosecond excitation lasers in the CARS imaging system without any degradation of image quality.</p>
},
	keywords = {Animals, Computer Simulation, Ear, Kidney, Lasers, Mice, Optical Fibers, Raman, Spectrum Analysis, Time Factors},
	issn = {1094-4087},
	doi = {10.1364/AO.50.001792},
	author = {Wang, Zhiyong and Yang, Yaliang and Luo, Pengfei and Gao, Liang and Wong, Kelvin K and Wong, Stephen T C}
}
