Two channel fluorescence lifetime microscope with two colour laser excitation, single molecule sensitivity and sub-micrometer resolution

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5143, Issue , 2003, Pages 181-192

  Koberling, Felix ^a   Wahl, Michael ^a   Patting, Matthias ^a   Rahn, Hans Jürgen ^a   Kapusta, Peter ^a   Erdmann, Rainer ^a  

^a PICOQUANT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS); Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM); Picosecond diode laser; Single molecule detection; Time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC); Time tagged time resolved data acquisition (TTTR)

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS;

FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; PICOSECOND DIODE LASER; SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION; TIME CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TIME TAGGED TIME RESOLVED DATA ACQUISITION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1342326418     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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