MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY WITH A WIDEBAND SPECTRAL EXCITATION

Thomas Hortholary1,2, Claire Carrion3,4, Claire Lefort1*

1 CNRS, UMR 7252, Institut de Recherche XLIM, Université de Limoges, France
2 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cachan, France
3 CNRS UMR 7276, CRIBL, Université de Limoges, France
4 BISCEm, pôle imagerie, Université de Limoges, France
*claire.lefort@xlim.fr

Abstract

The interest of multiphoton microscopy (MPM) is now well established in life sciences, especially thanks to its multispectral aspect. However, this property is limited by commercial laser systems currently involved in MPM, presenting a short spectral bandwidth. At best, four constituents can be imaged simultaneously. Here, we present an original spectral filtering system coupled with a large bandwidth laser system. The adaptation of this system to MPM in life sciences is demonstrated of target samples from plant or animal origin.

Keywords

Optical instrumentation life sciences multiphoton microscopy wideband spectrum