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Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 15;6:21036. doi: 10.1038/srep21036.

Broadband coherent Raman spectroscopy running at 24,000 spectra per second.

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Kazuki Hashimoto, Megumi Takahashi, Takuro Ideguchi, Keisuke Goda

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo-7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
  2. Research Centre for Spectrochemistry, University of Tokyo-7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles-Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  4. Japan Science and Technology Agency-7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan.

PMID: 26875786 PMCID: PMC4753469 DOI: 10.1038/srep21036

Abstract

We present a Fourier-transform coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (FT-CARS) spectroscopy technique that achieves broadband CARS measurements at an ultrahigh scan rate of more than 20,000 spectra/s - more than 20 times higher than that of previous broadband coherent Raman scattering spectroscopy techniques. This is made possible by an integration of a FT-CARS system and a rapid-scanning retro-reflective optical path length scanner. To demonstrate the technique's strength, we use it to perform broadband CARS spectroscopy of the transient mixing dynamics of toluene and benzene in the fingerprint region (200-1500 cm(-1)) with spectral resolution of 10 cm(-1) at a record high scan rate of 24,000 spectra/s. Our rapid-scanning FT-CARS technique holds great promise for studying chemical dynamics and wide-field label-free biomedical imaging.

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