Supercontinuum lasers begin to shine in biomedicine

BioOptics World Mar 13 2008 Microscopy , Broadband Sources

Optical supercontinuum lasers produce light across a broad spectrum in high-power, ultrafast pulses. Originally developed by researchers seeking devices with high power and high speed, they soon found application beyond the lab in metrology, military affairs, and homeland security. Now they have begun to show promise in another field: biomedicine. Recent studies have revealed the lasers’ potential use in flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and optical coherence tomography, among other areas. Vl

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