%0 Journal Article
%A Chung, Hsiang-Yu
%A Cao, Qian
%A Greinert, Rudiger
%A Kartner, Franz X.
%A Chang, Guoqing
%A Liu, Wei
%T Tunable, Ultrafast Fiber-Laser Between 1.15 and 1.35 μm for Harmonic Generation Microscopy in Human Skin
%J IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics
%V 25
%N 1
%@ 1077-260X
%C New York, NY
%I IEEE
%M PUBDB-2018-02981
%P 6800708
%D 2018
%X We demonstrate a fiber-optic ultrafast tunable source for harmonic generation microscopy (HGM) in human skin. The source is based on a 31-MHz Er-fiber laser followed byself-phase modulation enabled spectral selection (SESS). The resulting pulses are tunable between 1.15 and 1.35 μm with up to >10-nJ pulse energy and ∼100-fs pulse duration. We employ this source to drive a scanning microscope for HGM imaging of ex vivo human skin. A systematic investigation on imaging depth versus excitation wavelength reveals that excitation wavelengths in the 1.15–1.25 μm range exhibit low optical attenuation within the tissue and allows larger imaging depth for HGM in human skin.HGM driven by fiber-based SESS sources constitutes an enabling tool for noninvasive virtual skin biopsy in clinical applications.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000443143200001
%R 10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2864193
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/408614