Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2009 (65.2)

Tissue Imaging with Nonlinear Optical Microscopy

Author(s)
Mathieu Giguère
François Légaré
Institution
Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre énergie matériaux et télécommunications, Varennes, QC
Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre énergie matériaux et télécommunications, Varennes, QC

We are developing a multimodal imaging platform on which four nonlinear optical (NLO) microscopy techniques (two-photon, SHG, THG and CARS) can be used in the same experimental setup, providing important and complementary information about the structural organization and chemical composition of tissue.