Theoretical and experimental characterization of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1363-1375

  Cheng, Ji Xin ^a   Volkmer, Andreas ^a,b   Xie, X Sunney ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN'S FUNCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 0000672903     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001363     Document Type: Article

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