Quasi-isotropic 3-D resolution in two-photon scanning microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6168-6174

  Ibáñez López, Cristina ^b   Saavedra, Genaro ^b   Boyer, Gilbert ^a   Martínez Corral, Manuel ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS;

INCIDENT BEAMS; ISOTROPY; LUMINOSITY; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EID: 24044482922     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006168     Document Type: Article

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