Imaging properties in two-photon excitation microscopy and effects of refractive-index mismatch in thick specimens

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 1999, Pages 5995-6003

  de Grauw, Cees J ^a   Vroom, Jurrien M ^a   Van der Voort, Hans T M ^b   Gerritsen, Hans C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Scientific Volume Imaging BV   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000921450     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005995     Document Type: Article

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