Notes on Theory and Experimental Conditions behind Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-17

  Esposito, Alessandro ^a,b   Federici, Federico ^a   Usai, Cesare ^a,c   Cannone, Fabio ^d,e   Chirico, Giuseppe ^d,e   Collini, Maddalena ^d,e   Diaspro, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence emission; Optical sectioning effect; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; OPTICAL SECTIONING; OPTICAL SECTIONING EFFECT; QUANTUM PHYSICS; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPIES; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SECTIONING EFFECT; OPTICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW; TWO PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0347382299     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10425     Document Type: Review

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