Two–photon–excitation spatial distribution for crossed focused Gaussian beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3932-3936

  Makukha, Vladimir K ^a   Meshalkin, Yury P ^a  

^a NOVOSIBIRSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0038499369     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003932     Document Type: Article

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