Analysis of efficiency of two-photon versus single-photon absorption for fluorescence generation in biological objects

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-144

  Brakenhoff, G J ^a   Muller M ^a   Ghauharali, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological damage; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; Photobleaching; Sectioning; Two photon absorption imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; ABSORPTION IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL DAMAGE; BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS; CROSS-SECTION VALUES; SECTIONING; SINGLE-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO PHOTON; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION IMAGING;

PHOTOBLEACHING;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029840607     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.870647.x     Document Type: Article

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