Second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy is an important optical imaging technique in
a variety of applications. This article describes the history and physical principles of SHG …

The advancement of non-invasive quantitative optical diagnosis techniques such as
polarization-sensitive second harmonic generation microscopy (PSHG) for diseases such as …

Non-linear optical (NLO) microscopy has proven to be a powerful tool especially for tissue
imaging with sub-cellular resolution, high penetration depth, endogenous contrast …

Complete determination of the polarization state of light requires at least four distinct
projective measurements of the associated Stokes vector. Stability of state reconstruction …

Microscopic techniques based on nonlinear optical processes provide alternative ways to
visualize natural and artificial nanoscopic systems with minimum disturbance. In such …

Skin tissue consists of collagen and elastic fibres, which are highly susceptible to damage
when exposed to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), leading to skin aging and cancer. However, a …

Thin tissue sections of normal and tumorous pancreatic tissues stained with hematoxylin
and eosin were investigated using multiphoton excitation fluorescence (MPF), second …

Changes in collagen ultrastructure between malignant and normal human thyroid tissue
were investigated ex vivo using polarization second harmonic generation (SHG) …

Optimization of polarimeters has historically been achieved using an assortment of
performance metrics. Selection of an optimization parameter is, however, frequently made …

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) is highly sensitive to the structure of ordered
aggregates, and therefore, the polarization measurement of SHG can help to elucidate the …