Ultracompact Autocorrelator for Multiphoton Microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Quercioli, Franco ^a   Ghirelli, A ^a   Tiribilli, B ^a   Vassalli, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autocorrelators; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fluorescence; Multiphoton microscopy; Pulse width measurements; Two photon absorption; Ultrafast laser systems

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; SAPPHIRE; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

AUTOCORRELATORS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; FOCAL PLANE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PULSE WIDTH MEASUREMENT; SIMPLE++; TI:SAPPHIRE; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; ULTRAFAST LASER SYSTEMS;

DATA HANDLING;

MINERAL; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETER; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WIDTH MEASUREMENT; SAPPHIRE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNIQUE; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; ULTRACOMPACT AUTOCORRELATOR; ULTRAFAST LASER SYSTEM;

EID: 0347480268     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10420     Document Type: Article

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