Mapping femtosecond pulse front distortion and group velocity dispersion in multiphoton microscopy

Group velocity dispersion (GVD) and pulse front distortion of ultrashort pulses are of critical importance in efficient multiphoton excitation microscopy. Since measurement of the pulse front distortion due to a lens is not trivial we have developed an imaging interferometric cross-correlator which...

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Main Authors: Tullis, I, Ameer-Beg, S, Barber, P, Rankov, V, Vojnovic, B
Format: Conference item
Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2006