Three-photon-excitation microscopy: Theory, experiment and applications

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 116-124

  Schrader, M ^a   Bahlmann, K ^a   Hell, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE RECORDING; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS;

THREE PHOTON EXCITATION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASERS;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030679186     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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