Microscopy with femtosecond laser pulses: Applications in engineering, physics and biomedicine

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 208-209, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 327-332

  Rudolph, W ^a   Dorn, P ^a   Liu, X ^a   Vretenar, N ^a   Stock, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Femtosecond laser pulses; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GOLD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; THIN FILMS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0037443224     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(02)01388-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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