Use of a charge-coupled device camera for broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering measurements.

The use of an unintensified charge-coupled device (CCD) camera for the acquisition of broadband CARS signals is demonstrated. The CCD camera offers significant advantages compared to intensified, linear photodiode array (PDA) detectors that are generally used for broadband CARS measurements. These advantages include higher spectral resolution and improved instrument function, larger dynamic range, and a 2-D format.