A prism combination for near isotropic fluorescence excitation by total internal reflection

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Wakelin, S ^a   Bagshaw, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evanescent field; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescence polarization; Green fluorescent protein; Photoselection

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELDS; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE METHOD; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOTROPICS; PHOTOSELECTION; POLARIZATION STATE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; WATER SURFACE;

PRISMS;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; ROTATION;

EID: 0037328047     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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