Collection of fluorescence from single molecules in microspheres: Effects of illumination geometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4425-4437

  Hill, Steven C ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^b   Whitten, William B ^b   Ramsey, J Michael ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterpropagating waves; Fluorescence; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005728187     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004425     Document Type: Article

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