Determining optimum operating conditions of the polarization-maintaining fiber with two farlying zero dispersion wavelengths for CARS microscopy

Single femtosecond laser-based coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy, using a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) pumped in the near-IR to generate a supercontinuum for the Stokes source, is rapidly being adopted as a cost-effective approach. A PCF with tw