Ultrafast and High-Power Optical Parametric Amplifiers: Advancing Multiphoton Microscopy
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 196
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical parametric oscillators; attosecond lasers; femtosecond lasers; fiber lasers; nonlinear optics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Multiphoton microscopy is a powerful technique that enables imaging of biological and materials systems with high spatial and temporal resolution. In recent years, there has been growing interest in using optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) to improve the performance of multiphoton microscopes.
OPAs are nonlinear optical devices that can be used to generate laser pulses with ultrashort duration and high power. These pulses can be used to excite multiple-photon processes in biological and material systems, which can be used to image these systems with high spatial and temporal resolution.
This Special Issue will focus on the latest advances in the use of OPAs for multiphoton microscopy. The topics that will be covered include but are not limited to:
- The design and fabrication of OPAs;
- The use of OPAs to generate ultrashort laser pulses;
- The use of OPAs to excite multiple-photon processes in biological and materials systems;
- The use of OPAs to image biological and materials systems with high spatial and temporal resolution.
We invite original research articles, review articles, and letters to the editor on all aspects of the use of OPAs for multiphoton microscopy.
We believe that this Special Issue will provide a valuable resource for scientists who are interested in using OPAs to improve the performance of multiphoton microscopes. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Biplob Nandy
Prof. Dr. Qiurong Yan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs)
- multiple-photon
- multiphoton microscopy
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