Three-photon excitation in fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Hell, Stefan W ^a   Bahlmann, Karsten ^a,b   Schrader, Martin ^a   Soini, Aleksi ^a   Malak, Henryk ^c   Gryczynski, Ignacy ^c   Lakowicz, Joseph R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Resolution; Three photon excitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002975753     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.229062     Document Type: Article

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