Single-molecule detection by two-photon excitation of fluorescence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2980, Issue , 1997, Pages 552-558

  Zander, Christoph ^a   Brand, Leif ^b   Eggeling, C ^b   Drexhage, Karl Heinz ^a   Seidel, Claus A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coumarin 120; Fluorescence; Fluorescence lifetime; Single molecule detection; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MOLECULES; PHOTONS; TITANIUM;

CHARACTERISTIC FLUORESCENCES; COUMARIN 120; EXCITATION LIGHTS; FLUORESCENCE BURSTS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LOW BACKGROUNDS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS; MULTICHANNEL SCALERS; PASS FILTERS; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; TIME-RESOLVED; TITANIUM:SAPPHIRE LASERS; TRIACETIN; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 25844518283     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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