Femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy by upconversion with tilted gate pulses

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1716-1725

  Zhao, Lijuan ^a,b   Lustres, J Luis Pérez ^a   Farztdinov, Vadim ^a   Ernsting, Nikolaus P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 18244364600     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b500108k     Document Type: Article

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