Backward-enhanced fluorescence from clusters of microspheres and particles of tryptophan

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2994-2999

  Pan, Yong Le ^a   Hill, Steven C ^b   Wolf, Jean Pierre ^c   Holler, Stephen ^d   Chang, Richard K ^d   Bottiger, Jerold R ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US Army Public Health Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SINGLE PARTICLE CLUSTERS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0037140593     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002994     Document Type: Article

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