Pixel-excitation-gating enhanced nonlinear imaging with a GHz femtosecond pulse laser

Wenlong Wang; Junpeng Wen; Yuke Sheng; Wei Lin; Chiyi Wei; Cihang Kong; Dongdan Chen; Xiaoming Wei; Zhongmin Yang

doi:10.3788/COL202422.121102

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 12, 121102(2024)

Pixel-excitation-gating enhanced nonlinear imaging with a GHz femtosecond pulse laser Editors' Pick

Wenlong Wang¹, Junpeng Wen¹, Yuke Sheng¹, Wei Lin¹, Chiyi Wei¹, Cihang Kong², Dongdan Chen³, Xiaoming Wei^1,3、*, and Zhongmin Yang^1,3,4、**

Author Affiliations

¹School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

²Institute for Translational Brain Research, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

³School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

⁴Research Institute of Future Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

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Wenlong Wang, Junpeng Wen, Yuke Sheng, Wei Lin, Chiyi Wei, Cihang Kong, Dongdan Chen, Xiaoming Wei, Zhongmin Yang, "Pixel-excitation-gating enhanced nonlinear imaging with a GHz femtosecond pulse laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 121102 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Imaging Systems and Image Processing

Received: Mar. 10, 2024

Accepted: Jun. 18, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

The Author Email: Xiaoming Wei (xmwei@scut.edu.cn), Zhongmin Yang (yangzm@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.121102

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.121102

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