Single-molecule detection by two-photon-excited fluorescence

Optics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 1995, Pages 2532-2534

  Mertz, J ^a   Xu, C ^a   Webb, W W ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0010649138     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.20.002532     Document Type: Article

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