Wavelength dependent damage in biological multiphoton confocal microscopy: A micro-spectroscopic comparison between femtosecond Ti:sapphire and Cr:forsterite laser sources

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1251-1266

  Chen, I H ^a   Chu, S W ^a   Sun, C K ^a   Cheng, P C ^a,c   Lin, B L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell damage; Cr:forsterite laser; Multi photon absorption; Plasma formation; Ti:sapphire laser; Two photon fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

CELL DAMAGE; CHROMIUM FORSTERITE LASER; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; FEMTOSECOND NEAR INFRARED LASERS; LASER SCANNING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION IONIZATION; PHOTOBLEACHING; PLASMA FORMATION; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASER; TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036962078     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021303426482     Document Type: Article

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