Time-resolved fluorescence measurements using self-pulsing 650-nm laser diodes

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5705, Issue , 2005, Pages 23-31

  Matthews, Daniel R ^a   Summers, Huw D ^a   Njoh, Kerenza ^a   Errington, Rachel J ^a   Smith, Paul J ^a   Ameer Beg, Simon ^b   Vojnovic, Boris ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIOCHIP SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PULSES; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 23244445958     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.590201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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