Depth-resolved multiphoton polarization microscopy by third-harmonic generation

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 2315-2317

  Oron, Dan ^a   Tal, Eran ^a   Silberberg, Yaron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOGENIC CRYSTALS; PHASE MISMATCH;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0345446026     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.002315     Document Type: Article

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