Two-photon ablation with 1278 nm laser radiation

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Fischer, Pascal ^a   McWilliam, Alan ^a   Paterson, Lynn ^a   Brown, Christian T A ^a   Sibbett, Wilson ^a   Dholakia, Kishan ^a   MacDonald, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological and medical applications; Chromosomes; Nonlinear optics; Optical radiation (near ultraviolet, visible, and infrared)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHROMOSOMES; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LASER ABLATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

CR:FORSTERITE LASERS; PULSE BROADENING; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

LASER RADIATION;

EID: 34249704098     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/6/S04     Document Type: Article

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