Two-photon microscopy of fura-2-loaded cardiac myocytes with an all-solid-state tunable and visible femtosecond laser source

McConnell, G. and Smith, G.L. and Girkin, J.M. and Gurney, A.M. and Ferguson, A.I. (2003) Two-photon microscopy of fura-2-loaded cardiac myocytes with an all-solid-state tunable and visible femtosecond laser source. Optics Letters, 28 (19). pp. 1742-1744. ISSN 0146-9592 (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1364/OL.28.001742)

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Abstract

We report a robust and reliable platform source for visible-wavelength multiphoton microscopy that is based on nonlinear optical methods. We demonstrate a synchronously pumped, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator with simultaneous intracavity third-order quasi-phase matching in a single crystal that generates continuously tunable, visible, and femtosecond-pulsed radiation. The application of the system is demonstrated by two-photon laser-scanning fluorescence microscopy of rabbit cardiac myocytes loaded with the fluorescent Ca 2+ indicator fura-2.

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McConnell, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7213-0686, Smith, G.L., Girkin, J.M., Gurney, A.M. and Ferguson, A.I.;
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