Recent progress in the development of femtosecond-pulse fiber lasers with parameters appropriate for nonlinear microscopy is reviewed. Pulse shaping in lasers with only normal-dispersion components is briefly described, and the performance of the resulting lasers is summarized. Fiber lasers based on the formation of dissipative solitons now offer performance competitive with that of solid-state lasers, but with the benefits of the fiber medium. Lasers based on self-similar pulse evolution in the gain section of a laser also offer a combination of short pulse duration and high pulse energy that will be attractive for applications in nonlinear bioimaging.

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基于耗散过程的飞秒光纤激光器用于非线性显微镜


综述了具有适用于非线性显微镜的参数的飞秒脉冲光纤激光器的最新进展。简要描述了仅具有法向色散分量的激光器中的脉冲整形，并总结了所得激光器的性能。基于耗散孤子形成的光纤激光器现在提供的性能可与固态激光器相媲美，但又具有光纤介质的优点。基于激光器增益部分自相似脉冲演化的激光器还提供了短脉冲持续时间和高脉冲能量的组合，这对于非线性生物成像的应用将具有吸引力。