High-resolution axial and lateral position sensing using two-photon excitation of fluorophores by a continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 446-448

  Florin, Ernst Ludwig ^a   Hörber, J K Heinrich ^a   Stelzer, Ernst H K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LATEXES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; SENSORS;

FLUORESCENT LATEX BEADS; NEURONS; OPTICAL BLEACHING; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; POSITION MONITORING; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0030195535     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118134     Document Type: Article

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