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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akira Ichihara, Wako, JP;

Akihiko Nakano, Wako, JP;

Aiko Sawada, Tokyo, JP;

Aya Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G02F 1/365 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/365 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0697 (2013.01); G02F 1/3528 (2021.01); G02F 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrashort light pulse oscillated from an ultrashort pulse oscillator enters a waveguide () via a polarization control element (). After conversion into a supercontinuum by a nonlinear optical effect, it is compressed by a prism pair compressor () as pulse compressor (), and then emitted. The waveguide (), which is a nonlinear fiber with normal dispersion in the wavelength range from 850 to 1550, generates the supercontinuum having a spectrum continuous in a wavelength band width of at least 200 nm included in the wavelength range from 850 to 1550 nm. The supercontinuum, which has a peak power within 1 to 100 kW, can be used as excitation light in a multiphoton excitation fluorescence microscope for fluorescence observation of biological samples.


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