Modeling fluorescence collection from single molecules in microspheres: Effects of position, orientation, and frequency

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 31, 1996, Pages 6278-6288

  Hill, Steven C ^a   Saleheen, Hasan I ^b   Barnes, Michael D ^c   Whitten, William B ^c   Ramsey, J Michael ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b New Mexico State Univ   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Single molecule detection; Spheres

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001674187     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006278     Document Type: Article

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