Abstract

We show that accelerated nonlinear imaging, such as stimulated Raman scattering and pump–probe imaging, is enabled by an order of magnitude reduction of data acquisition time when replacing the exponentially-weighted-moving-average low-pass filter in a lock-in amplifier with a simple-moving-average filter. We show that this simple-moving-average (box) lock-in yields a superior signal-to-noise ratio and suppression of extraneous modulations with short pixel dwell times, if one condition for the relation between the lock-in time constant and modulation frequencies is met. Our results, both theoretical and experimental, indicate that for nonlinear imaging applications, the box lock-in significantly outperforms conventional lock-in detection. These results facilitate the application of ultrafast and nonlinear imaging as a new standard for material characterization.

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