Effect of a confocal pinhole in two-photon microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-214

  Gauderon, R ^a   Lukins, P B ^a   Sheppard, C J R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Resolution; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; SAPPHIRE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONFOCAL PINHOLES; FEMTOSECONDS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PERFORMANCE; RESOLUTION; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; TRANSVERSE RESOLUTION; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY; TWO-PHOTON EXCITED FLUORESCENCE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033230841     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991101)47:3<210::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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