ABSTRACT
Coherent Raman Scattering Microscopy. Edited by Ji-Xin Cheng and X. Sunney Xie © 2013 CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. ISBN: 978-1-4398-6765-5.
7.1 Introduction: A Different Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
7.2 The CARS Process under Wide-Field Excitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 7.2.1 Resonance and Phase-Matching Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 7.2.2 Excitation Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
7.3 Implementation Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 7.3.1 Phase-Matched WF-CARS Microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 7.3.2 Non-Phase-Matched WF-CARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
7.4 Experimental Realizations of Phase-Matched WF-CARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 7.4.1 Phase-Matched WF-CARS with an Ultra-Darkœeld Condenser . . . . . . .170 7.4.2 Phase-Matched WF-CARS with a Grating or a Spatial
