We demonstrate how spatial beam self-cleaning and supercontinuum generation in graded-index multimode optical fibers can be directly applied in multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (M-CARS) spectroscopy. Although supercontinuum generation causes pump depletion mainly in the center of the beam, the partial recovery of the pump brightness due to self-cleaning may enable self-referenced M-CARS, with no additional delay lines to synchronize pump and Stokes waves. As a proof-of-principle, we report examples of imaging of single chemical compounds and polystyrene beads. The new scheme paves the way towards simpler M-CARS systems based on multimode fiber sources.

Continuous spatial self-cleaning in GRIN multimode fiber for self-referenced multiplex CARS imaging / Wehbi, S., Mansuryan, T., Krupa, K., Fabert, M., Tonello, A., Zitelli, M., Ferraro, M., Mangini, F., Sun, Y., Vergnole, S., Kano, H., Wabnitz, S., Couderc, V.. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 30:10(2022), pp. 16104-16114. [10.1364/OE.452384]

Continuous spatial self-cleaning in GRIN multimode fiber for self-referenced multiplex CARS imaging

Zitelli, M.;Ferraro, M.;Mangini, F.;Sun, Y.;Wabnitz, S.;
2022

Abstract

We demonstrate how spatial beam self-cleaning and supercontinuum generation in graded-index multimode optical fibers can be directly applied in multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (M-CARS) spectroscopy. Although supercontinuum generation causes pump depletion mainly in the center of the beam, the partial recovery of the pump brightness due to self-cleaning may enable self-referenced M-CARS, with no additional delay lines to synchronize pump and Stokes waves. As a proof-of-principle, we report examples of imaging of single chemical compounds and polystyrene beads. The new scheme paves the way towards simpler M-CARS systems based on multimode fiber sources.
2022
optical fibers; nonlinear optics; optical solitons; Kerr effect
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Continuous spatial self-cleaning in GRIN multimode fiber for self-referenced multiplex CARS imaging / Wehbi, S., Mansuryan, T., Krupa, K., Fabert, M., Tonello, A., Zitelli, M., Ferraro, M., Mangini, F., Sun, Y., Vergnole, S., Kano, H., Wabnitz, S., Couderc, V.. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 30:10(2022), pp. 16104-16114. [10.1364/OE.452384]
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