Fluorescence anisotropy by use of optical Kerr gating with incoherent laser light

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2485-2489

  Al Ghamdi, Attieh A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

MOLECULAR REORIENTATION;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 0037825760     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002485     Document Type: Article

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