Axial resolution limit of a fiber-optic fluorescence probe

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3780-3784

  Balaji, J ^a   Garai, Kanchan ^a   Chakrabarti, Subhasis ^b,c   Maiti, Sudipta ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROBABILITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AXIAL RESOLUTION LIMIT;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0042810777     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003780     Document Type: Article

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