Photostability of a fluorescent marker under pulsed excited-state depletion through stimulated emission

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 5123-5129

  Dyba, Marcus ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [4 (4 DIETHYLAMINOPHENYL) 1,3 BUTADIENYL] 1 (3 TRIETHYLAMMONIOPROPYL)PYRIDINIUM DIBROMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLEACHING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; LASER; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIA; DRUG STABILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; LASERS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTONS; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; STIMULATED EMISSION;

PHOTOSTABILITY;

PHOTOEMISSION;

EID: 0041762552     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005123     Document Type: Article

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