摘要:
The invention provides a system and method for automatic real-time monitoring for the presence of a pathogen in water using coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy. Water sample trapped in a trapping medium is provided to a CARS imager. CARS images are provided to a processor for automatic analyzing for the presence of image artifacts having pre-determined features characteristic to the pathogen. If a match is found, a CARS spectrum is taken and compared to a stored library of reference pathogen-specific spectra for pathogen identification. The system enables automatic pathogen detection in flowing water in real time.
摘要:
A system is disclosed for detecting a non-linear coherent field induced in a sample volume. The system includes a first source for generating a first electromagnetic field at a first frequency, a second source for generating a second electromagnetic field at a second frequency, first optics for directing the first and second electromagnetic fields toward the sample volume, second optics for directing the first and second electromagnetic fields toward a local oscillator volume, and an interferometer. The interferometer is for interfering a first scattering field that is generated by the interaction of the first and second electromagnetic fields in the sample volume, with a second scattering field that is generated by the interaction of the first and second electromagnetic fields in the local oscillator volume.
摘要:
A system is disclosed for detecting a signal field from a sample volume. The system includes a source system and an optical fiber system. The source system provides a first electromagnetic field at a first frequency and a second electromagnetic field at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. The optical fiber system includes at least one optical fiber for guiding the first and second electromagnetic fields to the sample volume to generate coherent radiation characteristic of molecular vibrations by non-linear interaction of the first and second fields with the sample volume. The optical fiber system also receives the signal field resulting from the coherent radiation, and guides the signal field to a detector.
摘要:
A system is disclosed for detecting a nonlinear coherent field induced in a sample. The system includes optics, a modulation system, and a detector system. The optics are for directing a first electromagnetic field at a first frequency ω1 and a second electromagnetic field at a second frequency ω2 toward a focal volume such that a difference frequency ω1–ω2 is resonant with a vibrational frequency of a sample in the focal volume. The modulation system is for modulating the difference frequency ω1–ω2 such that the difference frequency ω1–ω2 is tuned in and out of the vibrational frequency of the sample of at a modulation frequency. The detector system is for detecting an optical field that is generated through non-linear interaction of ω1 and ω2 and the sample responsive to the modulation frequency.
摘要:
A microscopy imaging system is disclosed that includes a light source system, a spectral shaper, a modulator system, an optics system, an optical detector and a processor. The light source system is for providing a first train of pulses and a second train of pulses. The spectral shaper is for spectrally modifying an optical property of at least some frequency components of the broadband range of frequency components such that the broadband range of frequency components is shaped producing a shaped first train of pulses to specifically probe a spectral feature of interest from a sample, and to reduce information from features that are not of interest from the sample. The modulator system is for modulating a property of at least one of the shaped first train of pulses and the second train of pulses at a modulation frequency. The optical detector is for detecting an integrated intensity of substantially all optical frequency components of a train of pulses of interest transmitted or reflected through the common focal volume. The processor is for detecting a modulation at the modulation frequency of the integrated intensity of substantially all of the optical frequency components of the train of pulses of interest due to the non-linear interaction of the shaped first train of pulses with the second train of pulses as modulated in the common focal volume, and for providing an output signal for a pixel of an image for the microscopy imaging system.
摘要:
A system is disclosed for providing a first electromagnetic field and a second electromagnetic field to vibrational analysis equipment that is responsive to a difference between first and second frequencies of the first and second electromagnetic fields respectively. The system includes a non-linear crystal that may be pumped at a high repetition rate to provide a pulsed signal field at a signal field frequency and a pulsed idler field at an idler field frequency as output. The signal field provides the first electromagnetic field and the idler field provides the second electromagnetic field. The system also includes a tuning system for permitting the difference between the signal field frequency and the idler field frequency to be changed. The system also includes an output unit for providing the first and second electromagnetic fields to the vibrational analysis equipment.