A method is presented to build a custom low-cost, mode-locked femtosecond fiber laser for potential applications in multiphoton microscopy, endoscopy, and photomedicine. This laser is built using commercially available parts and basic splicing techniques.
Zhang, K., Davoudzadeh, N., Ducourthial, G., Spring, B. Q. Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy. J. Vis. Exp. (153), e60160, doi:10.3791/60160 (2019).