Miniaturized two-photon microscope based on a flexible coherent fiber bundle and a gradient-index lens objective

Opt Lett. 2004 Nov 1;29(21):2521-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.29.002521.

Abstract

We present a miniature, flexible two-photon microscope consisting of a fused coherent optical fiber bundle with 30,000 cores and a gradient-index lens objective. The laser focus of a standard two-photon laser-scanning microscope was scanned over the entrance surface of the fiber bundle, resulting in sequential coupling into individual cores. Fluorescent light was detected through the fiber bundle. Micrometer-sized fluorescent beads and pollen grains were readily resolved. In addition, fluorescently labeled blood vessels were imaged through the fiber bundle in rat brain in vivo.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Endoscopes*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis*
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Confocal / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / methods
  • Miniaturization
  • Neocortex / cytology
  • Optical Fibers
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Pollen / ultrastructure
  • Rats
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation*