Novel ultrafast tunable solid state lasers for real-world applications including medical imaging

Nicholas P. Barry; Christopher Dainty; Keith Dowling; Paul M. W. French; Sam C. W. Hyde; Richard Jones; Richard Mellish; J. M. Sutherland; J. Roy Taylor; Y. P. Tong; Bruce H. T. Chai; Carel J. van den Poel; Adriaan Valster

doi:10.1117/12.293466

1 November 1997 Novel ultrafast tunable solid state lasers for real-world applications including medical imaging

Nicholas P. Barry, Christopher Dainty, Keith Dowling, Paul M. W. French, Sam C. W. Hyde, Richard Jones, Richard Mellish, J. M. Sutherland, J. Roy Taylor, Y. P. Tong, Bruce H. T. Chai, Carel J. van den Poel, Adriaan Valster

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Proceedings Volume 3176, Tunable Solid State Lasers; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.293466
Event: Tunable Solid State Lasers, 1996, Wroclaw, Poland

Abstract

This paper reviews ultrafast Kerr Lens Mode-locked solid- state lasers with particular emphasis on all-solid-state diode-pumped laser technology which has the potential to provide low-cost compact devices for ultrafast instrumentation, particularly for biomedical applications.We have demonstrated the use of ultrafast solid-state lasers for 3D imaging through turbid media using time-gated photorefractive holography, and for fluorescence lifetime imaging.

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Nicholas P. Barry, Christopher Dainty, Keith Dowling, Paul M. W. French, Sam C. W. Hyde, Richard Jones, Richard Mellish, J. M. Sutherland, J. Roy Taylor, Y. P. Tong, Bruce H. T. Chai, Carel J. van den Poel, and Adriaan Valster "Novel ultrafast tunable solid state lasers for real-world applications including medical imaging", Proc. SPIE 3176, Tunable Solid State Lasers, (1 November 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.293466

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