Pulse energy dependence of subcellular dissection by femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3690-3696

  Heisterkamp, A ^a,b   Maxwell, I Z ^a   Mazur, E ^a   Underwood, J M ^c   Nickerson, J A ^c   Kumar, S ^d   Ingber, D E ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^c Department of Cell Biology University of Massachusetts ^*  (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER ABLATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL OPTICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROTUBULES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

LASER PULSES;

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER; MICROTUBULE; NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 21244478590     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003690     Document Type: Article

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