Autocorrelator designs for nonlinear optical microscopy

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Quercioli, Franco ^a   Tiribilli, Bruno ^a   Vassalli, Massimo ^a   Sbrana, Francesca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autocorrelators; Confocal microscopy; Multiphoton microscopy; Pulse duration measurements

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

AUTOCORRELATORS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33748624385     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2215379     Document Type: Article

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