Scanning fiber-optic nonlinear endomicroscopy with miniature aspherical compound lens and multimode fiber collector

• Published in: Optics letters Vol. 34; no. 7; p. 953
• Main Authors: Wu, Yicong, Xi, Jiefeng, Cobb, Michael J, Li, Xingde
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Color; Equipment Design; Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation; Fiber Optic Technology - methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Lenses; Light; Microscopy - instrumentation; Microscopy - methods; Microscopy, Fluorescence - instrumentation; Microscopy, Fluorescence - methods; Optical Fibers; Optics and Photonics; Rats; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Tendons - pathology

A flexible scanning fiber-optic endomicroscope using a miniature compound lens and a multimode-fiber (MMF) collector was developed for two-photon fluorescence (TPF) and second-harmonic generation (SHG) imaging. The compound lens consisted of a pair of aspherical lenses and exhibited reduced chromati...