Two-photon fluorescence imaging with a pulse source based on a 980-nm gain-switched laser diode

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2454-2458

  Taira, Kenji ^a,b,c   Hashimoto, Takeshi ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL PULSE; TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE; TWO-PHOTON IMAGING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33847729431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002454     Document Type: Article

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