Backward multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman (CARS) spectroscopic imaging with electron-multiplying CCD (EM-CCD) camera

Yusuke Murakami, Minami Yoshimura, W. J.Niels Klement, Atsuki Oda, Ryo Sakamoto, Miho Yakabe, Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryosuke Oketani, Philippe Leproux, Junichi Ikenouchi, Wesley R. Browne, Hideaki Kano

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Abstract

A multiplex CARS imaging system, equipped with an EM-CCD camera, was developed to improve the sensitivity of backward CARS imaging in biological analysis using an inverted microscope. The signal-to-noise ratio was improved by a factor of ca. 3 compared to a conventional CCD mode through the use of EM gain. When imaging epithelial cells in the backward CARS configuration, intracellular organelles such as lipid droplets and nuclei were spectroscopically identified with an exposure time of only 100 ms/pixel.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2044-2054
Number of pages11
JournalOptics Continuum
Volume2
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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