Measurement of the laser pulse width on the microscope objective plane by modulated autocorrelation method

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Cannone, F ^a   Chirico, Giuseppe ^a   Baldini, G ^a   Diaspro, A ^b  

^a Instituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia   (Italy)

^b UdR Genova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Mode locked laser; Pulse width measurements; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LASER PULSES; LOUDSPEAKERS; MICROSCOPES; PHOTONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

AUTOCORRELATION METHODS; AUTOCORRELATORS; FOCAL PLANE; INFRARED-LASER; LASER PULSE-WIDTH; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; MODELOCKED LASERS; PULSE WIDTH MEASUREMENT; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

LASER EXCITATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETER; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038529808     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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