Two-photon-induced fluorescence from the phycoerythrin protein

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1655-1659

  Chen, Zhongping ^a,b   Kaplan, D L ^a,c   Yang, K ^d   Kumar, J ^d   Marx, K A ^d   Tripathy, S K ^d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Fluorescence; Phycobiliprotein; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007524681     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001655     Document Type: Article

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