Pulse duration spectra and measurements for laser scanning microscope systems

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5700, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-13

  Wokosin, David L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion spectra; Group delay dispersion; Laser scanning microscopy; Objective lenses; Second order intensity autocorrelation; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION SPECTRA; GROUP DELAY DISPERSIONS; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; OBJECTIVE LENSES; SECOND ORDER INTENSITY AUTOCORRELATIONS; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION;

COMPUTER CONTROL; CORRELATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MICROSCOPES;

EID: 21844435457     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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