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Szwaj M, Davidson IA, Johnson PB, Jasion G, Jung Y, Sandoghchi SR, Herdzik KP, Bourdakos KN, Wheeler NV, Mulvad HC, Richardson DJ, Poletti F, Mahajan S. Double-Clad Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber and Its Comparison with Other Fibers for Multiphoton Micro-Endoscopy. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:2482. [PMID: 38676099 PMCID: PMC11054428 DOI: 10.3390/s24082482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Label-free and multiphoton micro-endoscopy can transform clinical histopathology by providing an in situ tool for diagnostic imaging and surgical treatment in diseases such as cancer. Key to a multiphoton imaging-based micro-endoscopic device is the optical fiber, for distortion-free and efficient delivery of ultra-short laser pulses to the sample and effective signal collection. In this work, we study a new hollow-core (air-filled) double-clad anti-resonant fiber (DC-ARF) as a high-performance candidate for multiphoton micro-endoscopy. We compare the fiber characteristics of the DC-ARF with a single-clad anti-resonant fiber (SC-ARF) and a solid core fiber (SCF). In this work, while the DC-ARF and the SC-ARF enable low-loss (<0.2 dBm-1), close to dispersion-free excitation pulse delivery (<10% pulse width increase at 900 nm per 1 m fiber) without any induced non-linearities, the SCF resulted in spectral broadening and pulse-stretching (>2000% of pulse width increase at 900 nm per 1 m fiber). An ideal optical fiber endoscope needs to be several meters long and should enable both excitation and collection through the fiber. Therefore, we performed multiphoton imaging on endoscopy-compatible 1 m and 3 m lengths of fiber in the back-scattered geometry, wherein the signals were collected either directly (non-descanned detection) or through the fiber (descanned detection). Second harmonic images were collected from barium titanate crystals as well as from biological samples (mouse tail tendon). In non-descanned detection conditions, the ARFs outperformed the SCF by up to 10 times in terms of signal-to-noise ratio of images. Significantly, only the DC-ARF, due to its high numerical aperture (NA) of 0.45 and wide-collection bandwidth (>1 µm), could provide images in the de-scanned detection configuration desirable for endoscopy. Thus, our systematic characterization and comparison of different optical fibers under different image collection configurations, confirms and establishes the utility of DC-ARFs for high-performing label-free multiphoton imaging-based micro-endoscopy.
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- Marzanna Szwaj
- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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Bahari A, Sower K, Wang K, Han Z, Florence J, Wang Y, Gao S, Howard Lee HW, Scully M, Zheltikov A, Sokolov A. Background-penalty-free waveguide enhancement of CARS signal in air-filled anti-resonance hollow-core fiber. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:4339-4342. [PMID: 36048648 DOI: 10.1364/ol.461614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We study coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy in air-filled anti-resonance hollow-core photonic crystal fiber, otherwise known as "revolver" fiber. We compare the vibrational coherent anti-Stokes Raman signal of N2, at ∼2331 cm-1, generated in ambient air (no fiber present), with the one generated in a 2.96 cm of a revolver fiber. We show a ∼170 times enhancement for the signal produced in the fiber, due to an increased interaction path. Remarkably, the N2 signal obtained in the revolver fiber shows near-zero non-resonant background, due to near-zero overlap between the laser field and the fiber cladding. Through our study, we find that the revolver fiber properties make it an ideal candidate for the coherent Raman spectroscopy signal enhancement.
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Pikálek T, Stibůrek M, Simpson S, Čižmár T, Trägårdh J. Suppression of the non-linear background in a multimode fibre CARS endoscope. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 13:862-874. [PMID: 35284193 PMCID: PMC8884213 DOI: 10.1364/boe.450375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Multimode fibres show great potential for use as miniature endoscopes for imaging deep in tissue with minimal damage. When used for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy with femtosecond excitation sources, a high band-width probe is required to efficiently focus the broadband laser pulses at the sample plane. Although graded-index (GRIN) fibres have a large bandwidth, it is accompanied by a strong background signal from four-wave mixing and other non-linear processes occurring inside the fibre. We demonstrate that using a composite probe consisting of a GRIN fibre with a spliced on step-index fibre reduces the intensity of the non-linear background by more than one order of magnitude without significantly decreasing the focusing performance of the probe. Using this composite probe we acquire CARS images of biologically relevant tissue such as myelinated axons in the brain with good contrast.
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- Tomáš Pikálek
- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 147, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 147, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 147, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 147, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Institute of Applied Optics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Fröbelstieg 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 147, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic
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Pence IJ, Evans CL. Translational biophotonics with Raman imaging: clinical applications and beyond. Analyst 2021; 146:6379-6393. [PMID: 34596653 PMCID: PMC8543123 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00954k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Clinical medicine continues to seek novel rapid non-invasive tools capable of providing greater insight into disease progression and management. Raman scattering based technologies constitute a set of tools under continuing development to address outstanding challenges spanning diagnostic medicine, surgical guidance, therapeutic monitoring, and histopathology. Here we review the mechanisms and clinical applications of Raman scattering, specifically focusing on high-speed imaging methods that can provide spatial context for translational biomedical applications.
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- Isaac J Pence
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
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Pshenay-Severin E, Bae H, Reichwald K, Matz G, Bierlich J, Kobelke J, Lorenz A, Schwuchow A, Meyer-Zedler T, Schmitt M, Messerschmidt B, Popp J. Multimodal nonlinear endomicroscopic imaging probe using a double-core double-clad fiber and focus-combining micro-optical concept. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2021; 10:207. [PMID: 34611136 PMCID: PMC8492681 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-021-00648-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Multimodal non-linear microscopy combining coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, second harmonic generation, and two-photon excited fluorescence has proved to be a versatile and powerful tool enabling the label-free investigation of tissue structure, molecular composition, and correlation with function and disease status. For a routine medical application, the implementation of this approach into an in vivo imaging endoscope is required. However, this is a difficult task due to the requirements of a multicolour ultrashort laser delivery from a compact and robust laser source through a fiber with low losses and temporal synchronization, the efficient signal collection in epi-direction, the need for small-diameter but highly corrected endomicroobjectives of high numerical aperture and compact scanners. Here, we introduce an ultra-compact fiber-scanning endoscope platform for multimodal non-linear endomicroscopy in combination with a compact four-wave mixing based fiber laser. The heart of this fiber-scanning endoscope is an in-house custom-designed, single mode, double clad, double core pure silica fiber in combination with a 2.4 mm diameter NIR-dual-waveband corrected endomicroscopic objective of 0.55 numerical aperture and 180 µm field of view for non-linear imaging, allowing a background free, low-loss, high peak power laser delivery, and an efficient signal collection in backward direction. A linear diffractive optical grating overlays pump and Stokes laser foci across the full field of view, such that diffraction-limited performance is demonstrated for tissue imaging at one frame per second with sub-micron spatial resolution and at a high transmission of 65% from the laser to the specimen using a distal resonant fiber scanner.
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- GRINTECH GmbH, Schillerstr. 1, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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Zhang C, Aldana-Mendoza JA. Coherent Raman scattering microscopy for chemical imaging of biological systems. JPHYS PHOTONICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1088/2515-7647/abfd09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Coherent Raman scattering (CRS) processes, including both the coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and stimulated Raman scattering, have been utilized in state-of-the-art microscopy platforms for chemical imaging of biological samples. The key advantage of CRS microscopy over fluorescence microscopy is label-free, which is an attractive characteristic for modern biological and medical sciences. Besides, CRS has other advantages such as higher selectivity to metabolites, no photobleaching, and narrow peak width. These features have brought fast-growing attention to CRS microscopy in biological research. In this review article, we will first briefly introduce the history of CRS microscopy, and then explain the theoretical background of the CRS processes in detail using the classical approach. Next, we will cover major instrumentation techniques of CRS microscopy. Finally, we will enumerate examples of recent applications of CRS imaging in biological and medical sciences.
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Schleusener J, Guo S, Darvin ME, Thiede G, Chernavskaia O, Knorr F, Lademann J, Popp J, Bocklitz TW. Fiber-based SORS-SERDS system and chemometrics for the diagnostics and therapy monitoring of psoriasis inflammatory disease in vivo. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:1123-1135. [PMID: 33680562 PMCID: PMC7901339 DOI: 10.1364/boe.413922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Psoriasis is considered a widespread dermatological disease that can strongly affect the quality of life. Currently, the treatment is continued until the skin surface appears clinically healed. However, lesions appearing normal may contain modifications in deeper layers. To terminate the treatment too early can highly increase the risk of relapses. Therefore, techniques are needed for a better knowledge of the treatment process, especially to detect the lesion modifications in deeper layers. In this study, we developed a fiber-based SORS-SERDS system in combination with machine learning algorithms to non-invasively determine the treatment efficiency of psoriasis. The system was designed to acquire Raman spectra from three different depths into the skin, which provide rich information about the skin modifications in deeper layers. This way, it is expected to prevent the occurrence of relapses in case of a too short treatment. The method was verified with a study of 24 patients upon their two visits: the data is acquired at the beginning of a standard treatment (visit 1) and four months afterwards (visit 2). A mean sensitivity of ≥85% was achieved to distinguish psoriasis from normal skin at visit 1. At visit 2, where the patients were healed according to the clinical appearance, the mean sensitivity was ≈65%.
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- Johannes Schleusener
- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- Both authors contributed equally to this work
- Correspondence regarding medical questions should be sent to
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Both authors contributed equally to this work
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Correspondence for technical issues should be sent to
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Kudlinski A, Cassez A, Vanvincq O, Septier D, Pastre A, Habert R, Baudelle K, Douay M, Mytskaniuk V, Tsvirkun V, Rigneault H, Bouwmans G. Double clad tubular anti-resonant hollow core fiber for nonlinear microendoscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:15062-15070. [PMID: 32403539 DOI: 10.1364/oe.389084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the fabrication and characterization of the first double clad tubular anti-resonant hollow core fiber. It allows to deliver ultrashort pulses without temporal nor spectral distortions in the 700-1000 nm wavelength range and to efficiently collect scattered light in a high numerical aperture double clad. The output fiber mode is shaped with a silica microsphere generating a photonic nanojet, making it well suitable for nonlinear microendoscopy application. Additionally, we provide an open access software allowing to find optimal drawing parameters for the fabrication of tubular hollow core fibers.
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DePaoli D, Lemoine É, Ember K, Parent M, Prud’homme M, Cantin L, Petrecca K, Leblond F, Côté DC. Rise of Raman spectroscopy in neurosurgery: a review. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2020; 25:1-36. [PMID: 32358930 PMCID: PMC7195442 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.25.5.050901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Although the clinical potential for Raman spectroscopy (RS) has been anticipated for decades, it has only recently been used in neurosurgery. Still, few devices have succeeded in making their way into the operating room. With recent technological advancements, however, vibrational sensing is poised to be a revolutionary tool for neurosurgeons. AIM We give a summary of neurosurgical workflows and key translational milestones of RS in clinical use and provide the optics and data science background required to implement such devices. APPROACH We performed an extensive review of the literature, with a specific emphasis on research that aims to build Raman systems suited for a neurosurgical setting. RESULTS The main translatable interest in Raman sensing rests in its capacity to yield label-free molecular information from tissue intraoperatively. Systems that have proven usable in the clinical setting are ergonomic, have a short integration time, and can acquire high-quality signal even in suboptimal conditions. Moreover, because of the complex microenvironment of brain tissue, data analysis is now recognized as a critical step in achieving high performance Raman-based sensing. CONCLUSIONS The next generation of Raman-based devices are making their way into operating rooms and their clinical translation requires close collaboration between physicians, engineers, and data scientists.
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- Damon DePaoli
- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
- Université Laval, Centre d’optique, Photonique et Lasers, Québec, Canada
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- Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montréal, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montréal, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
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- Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Department of Neurosurgery, Québec, Canada
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- Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Department of Neurosurgery, Québec, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal, Canada
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- Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montréal, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
- Université Laval, Centre d’optique, Photonique et Lasers, Québec, Canada
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Amitonova LV, de Boer JF. Sensitivity analysis of Raman endoscopy with and without wavefront shaping. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:3779-3788. [PMID: 32122039 DOI: 10.1364/oe.383801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Vibrational spectroscopy is a powerful method for the label-free identification of molecules. Spontaneous Raman spectroscopy integrated with an ultra-thin fiber-based endoscope can provide remote, local, and minimally invasive chemical analysis in many fields from biomedical diagnostics to the materials industry. Miniaturization of the probe in combination with a large field of view (FOV) and high sensitivity would be beneficial for a broad class of applications. Here we quantitatively analyze signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the sensitivity improvement due to wavefront shaping. We show that wavefront shaping in an ultra-thin single-fiber probe allows to decrease the total measurements time up to several orders of magnitude even without any prior knowledge of the Raman particle location. Such a fiber probe is well suited for minimally-invasive endoscopy in biological and medical applications.
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Zhang X, Gao S, Wang Y, Ding W, Wang X, Wang P. 7-cell hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber with broad spectral bandwidth and low loss. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:11608-11616. [PMID: 31053003 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.011608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The limited spectral bandwidth achieved in state-of-the-art hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (HC-PBGF) has hindered its implementation in a wide range of applications. Here we demonstrate that broad spectral bandwidth and low loss can be simultaneously achieved in 7-cell HC-PBGF. Several 7-cell HC-PBGFs operating at 1550 nm telecom band and 1 μm laser band are present. One of the fibers exhibits a minimum loss of 6.5 dB/km at 1633 nm and a 3 dB bandwidth of 458 nm, approaching a bandwidth to central wavelength ratio of 26%. This is to our knowledge the broadest bandwidth achieved in triangular lattice HC-PBGF and the lowest transmission loss in 7-cell HC-PBGF.
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Yerolatsitis S, Yu F, McAughtrie S, Tanner MG, Fleming H, Stone JM, Campbell CJ, Birks TA, Knight JC. Ultra-low background Raman sensing using a negative-curvature fibre and no distal optics. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201800239. [PMID: 30353666 PMCID: PMC7065639 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Measuring Raman spectra through an optical fibre is usually complicated by the high intrinsic Raman scatter of the fibre material. Common solutions such as the use of multiple fibres and distal optics are complex and bulky. We demonstrate the use of single novel hollow-core negative-curvature fibres (NCFs) for Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensing using no distal optics. The background Raman emission from the silica in the NCF was at least 1000× smaller than in a conventional solid fibre, while maintaining the same collection efficiency. We transmitted pump light from a 785-nm laser through the NCF, and we collected back the weak Raman spectra of different distal samples, demonstrating the fibre probe can be used for measurements of weak Raman and SERS signals that would otherwise overlap spectrally with the silica background. The lack of distal optics and consequent small probe diameter (<0.25 mm) enable applications that were not previously possible.
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- Department of PhysicsUniversity of BathBathUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- EPSRC IRC Hub, Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research CentreUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- EPSRC IRC Hub, Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research CentreUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Inst. of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS)Heriot‐Watt UniversityEdinburghUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Department of PhysicsUniversity of BathBathUK
- EPSRC IRC Hub, Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research CentreUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Combining Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fibers with Multimode, Solid Core Fiber Couplers through Arc Fusion Splicing for the Miniaturization of Nonlinear Spectroscopy Sensing Devices. FIBERS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/fib6040077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The presence of fiber optic devices, such as couplers or wavelength division multiplexers, based on hollow-core fibers (HCFs) is still rather uncommon, while such devices can be imagined to greatly increase the potential of HCFs for different applications, such as sensing, nonlinear optics, etc. In this paper, we present a combination of a standard, multimode fiber (MMF) optic coupler with a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber through arc fusion splicing and its application for the purpose of multiphoton spectroscopy. The presented splicing method is of high affordability due to the low cost of arc fusion splicers, and the measured splicing loss (SL) of the HCF-MMF splice is as low as (0.32 ± 0.1) dB, while the splice itself is durable enough to withstand a bending radius (rbend) of 1.8 cm. This resulted in a hybrid between the hollow core photonic bandgap fiber (HCPBF) and MMF coupler, delivering 20 mW of average power and 250-fs short laser pulses to the sample, which was good enough to test the proposed sensor setup in a simple, proof-of-concept multiphoton fluorescence excitation-detection experiment, allowing the successful measurement of the fluorescence emission spectrum of 10−5 M fluorescein solution. In our opinion, the presented results indicate the possibility of creating multi-purpose HCF setups, which would excel in various types of sensing applications.
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DePaoli DT, Lapointe N, Messaddeq Y, Parent M, Côté DC. Intact primate brain tissue identification using a completely fibered coherent Raman spectroscopy system. NEUROPHOTONICS 2018; 5:035005. [PMID: 30137924 PMCID: PMC6096268 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.5.3.035005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Coherent Raman fiber probes have not yet found their way into the clinic despite their immense potential for label-free sensing and imaging. This is mainly due to the traditional bulky laser systems required to create the high peak power laser pulses needed for coherent Raman, as well as the complications that arise from the propagation of this type of energy through silica. Specifically, a coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) probe that could select its integration volume at high resolution, away from the tip of the fiber, is particularly interesting in the case of electrode implantation neurosurgeries, wherein it is possible to place optical fibers on-board the chronic electrode and provide optical guidance during its implantation, through the semi-transparent tip. To this clinical end, we have created an all fiber CARS system, consisting of small, rapidly tunable, turn-key fiber-lasers, capable of creating high wavenumber CARS spectra on the order of tens-of-milliseconds. The use of traditional silica fibers is made possible by the use of the laser's long pulse-widths (25 ps). The probe itself has an outer diameter of 250 μ m allowing it to fit within commercially available metal tubes that can replace deep brain stimulation (DBS) stylets. Using this system, we identified brain tissue types in intact nonhuman primates' brains and showed the ability to delineate white and gray matters with high resolution. Its advantages over spontaneous Raman stem from the orders of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, its inherent translatability to three-dimensional (3-D) imaging, as well as the theoretical ability to remove parasitic Raman signal from probe encasements, such as a DBS electrode. The system is planned to have clinical implications in neurosurgical guidance as well as diseased tissue detection.
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- Damon T. DePaoli
- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Neuroscience, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Université Laval, Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL), Physics Engineering, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Neuroscience, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Université Laval, Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL), Physics Engineering, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Neuroscience, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Université Laval, Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL), Physics Engineering, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Neuroscience, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Laval, CERVO Brain Research Center, Neuroscience, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Université Laval, Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL), Physics Engineering, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Lombardini A, Mytskaniuk V, Sivankutty S, Andresen ER, Chen X, Wenger J, Fabert M, Joly N, Louradour F, Kudlinski A, Rigneault H. High-resolution multimodal flexible coherent Raman endoscope. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2018; 7:10. [PMID: 30839624 PMCID: PMC6107025 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-018-0003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Coherent Raman scattering microscopy is a fast, label-free, and chemically specific imaging technique that shows high potential for future in vivo optical histology. However, the imaging depth in tissues is limited to the sub-millimeter range because of absorption and scattering. Realization of coherent Raman imaging using a fiber endoscope system is a crucial step towards imaging deep inside living tissues and providing information that is inaccessible with current microscopy tools. Until now, the development of coherent Raman endoscopy has been hampered by several issues, mainly related to the fiber delivery of the excitation pulses and signal collection. Here, we present a flexible, compact, coherent Raman, and multimodal nonlinear endoscope (4.2 mm outer diameter, 71 mm rigid length) based on a resonantly scanned hollow-core Kagomé-lattice double-clad fiber. The fiber design enables distortion-less, background-free delivery of femtosecond excitation pulses and back-collection of nonlinear signals through the same fiber. Sub-micrometer spatial resolution over a large field of view is obtained by combination of a miniature objective lens with a silica microsphere lens inserted into the fiber core. We demonstrate high-resolution, high-contrast coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, and second harmonic generation endoscopic imaging of biological tissues over a field of view of 320 µm at a rate of 0.8 frames per second. These results pave the way for intraoperative label-free imaging applied to real-time histopathology diagnosis and surgery guidance.
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- Alberto Lombardini
- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
- Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, UMR 8523, CNRS, Université Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252, Université de Limoges, 87060 Limoges, France
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- Department of Physics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, University of Erlangen Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, UMR 8523, CNRS, Université Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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Lipid Order Degradation in Autoimmune Demyelination Probed by Polarized Coherent Raman Microscopy. Biophys J 2017; 113:1520-1530. [PMID: 28978445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Myelin around axons is currently widely studied by structural analyses and large-scale imaging techniques, with the goal to decipher its critical role in neuronal protection. Although there is strong evidence that in myelin, lipid composition, and lipid membrane morphology are affected during the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, there is no quantitative method yet to report its ultrastructure in tissues at both molecular and macroscopic levels, in conditions potentially compatible with in vivo observations. In this work, we study and quantify the molecular order of lipids in myelin at subdiffraction scales, using label-free polarization-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman, which exploits coherent anti-Stokes Raman sensitivity to coupling between light polarization and oriented molecular vibrational bonds. Importantly, the method does not use any a priori parameters in the sample such as lipid type, orientational organization, and composition. We show that lipid molecular order of myelin in the mouse spinal cord is significantly reduced throughout the progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a model for multiple sclerosis, even in myelin regions that appear morphologically unaffected. This technique permits us to unravel molecular-scale perturbations of lipid layers at an early stage of the demyelination progression, whereas the membrane architecture at the mesoscopic scale (here ∼100 nm) seems much less affected. Such information cannot be brought by pure morphological observation and, to our knowledge, brings a new perspective to molecular-scale understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Lombardini A, Andresen ER, Kudlinski A, Rimke I, Rigneault H. Origin and suppression of parasitic signals in Kagomé lattice hollow core fibers used for SRS microscopy and endoscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:1824-1827. [PMID: 28454170 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.001824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Hollow core fibers are considered as promising candidates to deliver intense temporally overlapping picosecond pulses in applications such as stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy and endoscopy because of their inherent low nonlinearity compared to solid-core silica fibers. Here we demonstrate that, contrary to prior assumptions, parasitic signals are generated in Kagomé lattice hollow core fibers. We identify the origin of the parasitic signals as an interplay between the Kerr nonlinearity of air and frequency-dependent fiber losses. Importantly, we identify the special cases of experimental parameters that are free from parasitic signals, making hollow core fibers ideal candidates for noise-free SRS microscopy and endoscopy.
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Markin AV, Markina NE, Goryacheva IY. Raman spectroscopy based analysis inside photonic-crystal fibers. Trends Analyt Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Zou J, Pyykkö I, Hyttinen J. Inner ear barriers to nanomedicine-augmented drug delivery and imaging. J Otol 2016; 11:165-177. [PMID: 29937826 PMCID: PMC6002620 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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There are several challenges to inner ear drug delivery and imaging due to the existence of tight biological barriers to the target structure and the dense bone surrounding it. Advances in imaging and nanomedicine may provide knowledge for overcoming the existing limitations to both the diagnosis and treatment of inner ear diseases. Novel techniques have improved the efficacy of drug delivery and targeting to the inner ear, as well as the quality and accuracy of imaging this structure. In this review, we will describe the pathways and biological barriers of the inner ear regarding drug delivery, the beneficial applications and limitations of the imaging techniques available for inner ear research, the behavior of engineered nanomaterials in inner ear applications, and future perspectives for nanomedicine-based inner ear imaging.
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- Jing Zou
- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Center for Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery of Chinese PLA, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- Hearing and Balance Research Unit, Field of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Hearing and Balance Research Unit, Field of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, BioMediTech, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
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Zou J, Isomäki A, Hirvonen T, Aarnisalo A, Jero J, Pyykkö I. Label-free visualization of cholesteatoma in the mastoid and tympanic membrane using CARS microscopy. J Otol 2016; 11:127-133. [PMID: 29937821 PMCID: PMC6002602 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to evaluate the possibility of using coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) microscopy to determine the specific molecular morphology of cholesteatoma by detecting the natural vibrational contrast of the chemical bonds without any staining. MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens from the mastoid and tympanic membrane with and without cholesteatoma were analyzed using CARS microscopy, two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) microscopy, and the second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy. RESULTS In cholesteatoma tissues from the mastoid, a strong resonant signal at 2845 cm-1 was observed by CARS, which indicated the detection of the CH2 hydro-carbon lipid bonds that do not generate visible signals at 2940 cm-1 suggestive of CH3 bonds in amino acids. A strong resonant signal at 2940 cm-1 appeared in an area of the same specimen, which also generated abundant signals by TPEF and SHG microscopy at 817 nm, which was suggestive of collagen. In the tympanic membrane specimen with cholesteatoma, a strong resonant signal with corrugated morphology was detected, which indicated the presence of lipids. A strong signal was detected in the tympanic membrane with chronic otitis media using TPEF/SHG at 817 nm, which indicated collagen enrichment. The CARS and TPEF/SHG images were in accordance with the histology results. CONCLUSION These results suggest the need to develop a novel CARS microendoscope that can be used in combination with TPEF/SHG to distinguish cholesteatoma from inflammatory tissues.
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- Jing Zou
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Center for Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery of Chinese PLA, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- Hearing and Balance Research Unit, Field of Oto-laryngology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Biomedicum Imaging Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Hearing and Balance Research Unit, Field of Oto-laryngology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Wang K, Wang Y, Liang R, Wang J, Qiu P. Contributed Review: A new synchronized source solution for coherent Raman scattering microscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:071501. [PMID: 27475540 DOI: 10.1063/1.4955474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Based on vibrational spectroscopy, coherent Raman Scattering (CRS) microscopy allows label-free imaging of biological and chemical samples with endogenous image contrast. Two-color, synchronized picosecond pulses are typically used for high spectral resolution imaging, which in turn constitutes a dramatic laser source challenge for CRS microscopy. Recently, synchronized time-lens source, inspired from ultrafast optical signal processing, has emerged as a promising laser source solution and has found application in various modalities of CRS microscopy. Time-lens is based on space-time analogy, which uses a "lens" in the time domain to compress long optical pulses or even continuous waves to ultrashort pulses, mimicking a lens in the space domain. Phase and intensity modulators driven with electrical signals are used in the time-lens source for picosecond pulse generation. As a result, the time-lens source is highly versatile and naturally compatible with modulation capabilities. More importantly, if the electrical signals used to drive the time-lens source are derived from other laser sources, such as mode-locked lasers, then synchronization between them can be realized, underlying the physics of a synchronized time-lens source. In this paper, we review recent progress on the basic principle, design of the synchronized time-lens source, and its applications to CRS microscopy of both biological and chemical samples.
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- Ke Wang
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Physics and Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Ducourthial G, Leclerc P, Mansuryan T, Fabert M, Brevier J, Habert R, Braud F, Batrin R, Vever-Bizet C, Bourg-Heckly G, Thiberville L, Druilhe A, Kudlinski A, Louradour F. Development of a real-time flexible multiphoton microendoscope for label-free imaging in a live animal. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18303. [PMID: 26673905 PMCID: PMC4682136 DOI: 10.1038/srep18303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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We present a two-photon microendoscope capable of in vivo label-free deep-tissue high-resolution fast imaging through a very long optical fiber. First, an advanced light-pulse spectro-temporal shaping device optimally precompensates for linear and nonlinear distortions occurring during propagation within the endoscopic fiber. This enables the delivery of sub-40-fs duration infrared excitation pulses at the output of 5 meters of fiber. Second, the endoscopic fiber is a custom-made double-clad polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber specifically designed to optimize the imaging resolution and the intrinsic luminescence backward collection. Third, a miniaturized fiber-scanner of 2.2 mm outer diameter allows simultaneous second harmonic generation (SHG) and two-photon excited autofluorescence (TPEF) imaging at 8 frames per second. This microendoscope’s transverse and axial resolutions amount respectively to 0.8 μm and 12 μm, with a field-of-view as large as 450 μm. This microendoscope’s unprecedented capabilities are validated during label-free imaging, ex vivo on various fixed human tissue samples, and in vivo on an anesthetized mouse kidney demonstrating an imaging penetration depth greater than 300 μm below the surface of the organ. The results reported in this manuscript confirm that nonlinear microendoscopy can become a valuable clinical tool for real-time in situ assessment of pathological states.
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- XLIM, UMR-CNRS 7252, Université de Limoges, France
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- PhLAM, UMR-CNRS 8523, Université Lille I, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- PhLAM, UMR-CNRS 8523, Université Lille I, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 06, LJP, F-75005 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR 8237, LJP, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 06, LJP, F-75005 Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR 8237, LJP, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire LITIS-QuantIF, EA 4108, Clinique Pneumologique, CHU de Rouen, France
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- CRIBL, UMR-CNRS 7276, Université de Limoges, France
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Winterhalder MJ, Zumbusch A. Beyond the borders--Biomedical applications of non-linear Raman microscopy. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2015; 89:135-44. [PMID: 25959426 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy offers great promise for label free imaging in biomedical applications. Its use, however, is hampered by the long integration times required and the presence of autofluorescence in many samples which outshines the Raman signals. In order to overcome these limitations, a variety of different non-linear Raman imaging techniques have been developed over the last decade. This review describes biomedical applications of these novel but already mature imaging techniques.
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Karpf S, Eibl M, Wieser W, Klein T, Huber R. A Time-Encoded Technique for fibre-based hyperspectral broadband stimulated Raman microscopy. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6784. [PMID: 25881792 PMCID: PMC4410670 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Raman sensing and microscopy are among the most specific optical technologies to identify the chemical compounds of unknown samples, and to enable label-free biomedical imaging. Here we present a method for stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging with a time-encoded (TICO) Raman concept. We use continuous wave, rapidly wavelength-swept probe lasers and combine them with a short-duty-cycle actively modulated pump laser. Hence, we achieve high stimulated Raman gain signal levels, while still benefitting from the narrow linewidth and low noise of continuous wave operation. Our all-fibre TICO-Raman setup uses a Fourier domain mode-locked laser source to achieve a unique combination of high speed, broad spectral coverage (750–3,150 cm−1) and high resolution (0.5 cm−1). The Raman information is directly encoded and acquired in time. We demonstrate quantitative chemical analysis of a solvent mixture and hyperspectral Raman microscopy with molecular contrast of plant cells. Raman microscopes suffer from the compromise between speed and spectral information and are often unsuited for fibre beam delivery. Karpf et al. overcome these limitations using continuous-wave rapidly wavelength-swept probe lasers and a short-duty-cycle actively modulated pump laser in an all-fibre setup.
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- Sebastian Karpf
- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstreet 67, 80538 Munich, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstreet 67, 80538 Munich, Germany.,Institut für Biomedizinische Optik, Universität zu Lübeck, Peter-Monnik-Weg 4, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstreet 67, 80538 Munich, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstreet 67, 80538 Munich, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstreet 67, 80538 Munich, Germany.,Institut für Biomedizinische Optik, Universität zu Lübeck, Peter-Monnik-Weg 4, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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Park K. Quantitative 3D mapping of drug absorption in skin. J Control Release 2015; 200:233. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 01/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Saint-Jalm S, Andresen ER, Ferrand P, Bendahmane A, Mussot A, Vanvincq O, Bouwmans G, Kudlinski A, Rigneault H. Fiber-based ultrashort pulse delivery for nonlinear imaging using high-energy solitons. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2014; 19:086021. [PMID: 25157612 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.19.8.086021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present an approach for fiber delivery of femtosecond pulses relying on pulse breakup and soliton self-frequency shift in a custom-made solid-core photonic bandgap fiber. In this scheme, the fiber properties themselves ensure that a powerful Fourier-transform-limited pulse is emitted at the fiber output, hence doing away with the need for complex precompensation and enabling tunability of the excitation. We report high-energy soliton excitation for two-photon fluorescence microspectroscopy over a 100-nm range and multimodal nonlinear imaging on biological samples.
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- Sarah Saint-Jalm
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, Faculté des Sciences Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, Faculté des Sciences Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, Faculté des Sciences Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Université Lille 1, IRCICA, Laboratoire PhLAM, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille 1, IRCICA, Laboratoire PhLAM, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille 1, IRCICA, Laboratoire PhLAM, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille 1, IRCICA, Laboratoire PhLAM, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, Faculté des Sciences Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France
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Lefort C, Hamzeh H, Louradour F, Pain F, Haidar DA. Characterization, comparison, and choice of a commercial double-clad fiber for nonlinear endomicroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2014; 19:076005. [PMID: 25003753 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.19.7.076005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Several endomicroscope prototypes for nonlinear optical imaging were developed in the last decade for in situ analysis of tissue with cellular resolution by using short infrared light pulses. Fourier-transform-limited pulses at the tissue site are necessary for optimal excitation of faint endogenous signals. However, obtaining these transform-limited short pulses remains a challenge, and previously proposed devices did not achieve an optimal pulse delivery. We present a study of fibered endomicroscope architecture with an efficient femtosecond pulse delivery and a high excitation level at the output of commercially available double-clad fibers (DCFs). The endomicroscope incorporates a module based on a grism line to compensate for linear and nonlinear effects inside the system. Simulations and experimental results are presented and compared to the literature. Experimentally, we obtained short pulses down to 24 fs at the fiber output, what represents to the best of our knowledge the shortest pulse duration ever obtained at the output of a nonlinear endoscopic system without postcompression. The choice of the optimal DCF among four possible commercial components is discussed and evaluated in regard to multiphoton excitation and fluorescence emission.
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- Claire Lefort
- Paris-Sud University, Orsay, IMNC Lab, UMR 8165, FrancebLimoges University, Limoges F-87060, France
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- Limoges University, Limoges F-87060, FrancedXLIM Lab, UMR 7252, Limoges F-87060, France
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- Paris-Sud University, Orsay, IMNC Lab, UMR 8165, France
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- Paris-Sud University, Orsay, IMNC Lab, UMR 8165, FrancecParis 7-DENIS DIDEROT University, Paris F-75012, France
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- Karen A. Antonio
- University of Notre Dame, Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- University of Notre Dame, Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Tu H, Boppart SA. Coherent fiber supercontinuum for biophotonics. LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS 2013; 7:10.1002/lpor.201200014. [PMID: 24358056 PMCID: PMC3864867 DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201200014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Biophotonics and nonlinear fiber optics have traditionally been two independent fields. Since the discovery of fiber-based supercontinuum generation in 1999, biophotonics applications employing incoherent light have experienced a large impact from nonlinear fiber optics, primarily because of the access to a wide range of wavelengths and a uniform spatial profile afforded by fiber supercontinuum. However, biophotonics applications employing coherent light have not benefited from the most well-known techniques of supercontinuum generation for reasons such as poor coherence (or high noise), insufficient controllability, and inadequate portability. Fortunately, a few key techniques involving nonlinear fiber optics and femtosecond laser development have emerged to overcome these critical limitations. Despite their relative independence, these techniques are the focus of this review, because they can be integrated into a low-cost portable biophotonics source platform. This platform can be shared across many different areas of research in biophotonics, enabling new applications such as point-of-care coherent optical biomedical imaging.
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- Haohua Tu
- Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Ghenuche P, Rigneault H, Wenger J. Photonic nanojet focusing for hollow-core photonic crystal fiber probes. APPLIED OPTICS 2012; 51:8637-8640. [PMID: 23262605 DOI: 10.1364/ao.51.008637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Large-pitch kagome-lattice hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs) offer appealing optical properties for beam delivery and remote sensing. However, focusing their optical mode on a submicrometer spot can be challenging due to the large mode diameter and low numerical aperture of these fibers. Here, we demonstrate that a 30 μm latex microsphere directly set at the HC-PCF end-face provides an efficient means to focus the fiber mode down to a spot of 540 nm full width at half-maximum thanks to a photonic nanojet effect. The system is used for fluorescence imaging and direct laser writing on a thin absorbing layer. Potential applications include inspection of semiconductor wafers, photolithography, laser surgery, fluorescence sensing, or optical transfection.
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- Petru Ghenuche
- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France
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Brunetti AC, Margulis W, Rottwitt K. Raman probes based on optically-poled double-clad fiber and coupler. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:28563-28572. [PMID: 23263094 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.028563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Two fiber Raman probes are presented, one based on an optically-poled double-clad fiber and the second based on an optically-poled double-clad fiber coupler respectively. Optical poling of the core of the fiber allows for the generation of enough 532nm light to perform Raman spectroscopy of a sample of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), when illuminating the waveguide with 1064nm laser light. The Raman signal is collected in the inner cladding, from which it is retrieved with either a bulk dichroic mirror or a double-clad fiber coupler. The coupler allows for a substantial reduction of the fiber spectral background signal conveyed to the spectrometer.
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- Anna Chiara Brunetti
- DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Ghenuche P, Rammler S, Joly NY, Scharrer M, Frosz M, Wenger J, Russell PSJ, Rigneault H. Kagome hollow-core photonic crystal fiber probe for Raman spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:4371-4373. [PMID: 23114299 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.004371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We demonstrate the use of a large-pitch Kagome-lattice hollow-core photonic crystal fiber probe for Raman spectroscopy. The large transmission bandwidth of the fiber enables both the excitation and Raman beams to be transmitted through the same fiber. As the excitation beam is mainly transmitted through air inside the hollow core, the silica luminescence background is reduced by over 2 orders of magnitude as compared to standard silica fiber probes, removing the need for fiber background subtraction.
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- Petru Ghenuche
- Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Campus St Jérôme, Marseille, France
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Bélanger E, Crépeau J, Laffray S, Vallée R, De Koninck Y, Côté D. Live animal myelin histomorphometry of the spinal cord with video-rate multimodal nonlinear microendoscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:021107. [PMID: 22463025 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.2.021107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In vivo imaging of cellular dynamics can be dramatically enabling to understand the pathophysiology of nervous system diseases. To fully exploit the power of this approach, the main challenges have been to minimize invasiveness and maximize the number of concurrent optical signals that can be combined to probe the interplay between multiple cellular processes. Label-free coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy, for example, can be used to follow demyelination in neurodegenerative diseases or after trauma, but myelin imaging alone is not sufficient to understand the complex sequence of events that leads to the appearance of lesions in the white matter. A commercially available microendoscope is used here to achieve minimally invasive, video-rate multimodal nonlinear imaging of cellular processes in live mouse spinal cord. The system allows for simultaneous CARS imaging of myelin sheaths and two-photon excitation fluorescence microendoscopy of microglial cells and axons. Morphometric data extraction at high spatial resolution is also described, with a technique for reducing motion-related imaging artifacts. Despite its small diameter, the microendoscope enables high speed multimodal imaging over wide areas of tissue, yet at resolution sufficient to quantify subtle differences in myelin thickness and microglial motility.
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- Erik Bélanger
- Université Laval, Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Québec, Canada
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