Third-harmonic generation microscopy by use of a compact, femtosecond fiber laser source

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 7393-7397

  Millard, Andrew C ^a,b   Wiseman, Paul W ^a,b   Fittinghoff, David N ^a,c,d   Wilson, Kent R ^a,b,d   Squier, Jeffrey A ^a,e   Müller, Michiel ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry   (United States)

^c The Institute for Non Linear Optics   (United States)

^d University of Chicago   (United States)

^e The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^f The Institute for Molecular Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000257492     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007393     Document Type: Article

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