Backward second harmonic generation from starch for in situ, real time pulse characterization in multiphoton microscopy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6442, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Anisha Thayil, K N ^a   Gualda, Emilio J ^a   Cormack, Iain G ^a   Soria, Silvia ^a,b   Loza Alvarez, Pablo ^a  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiphoton microscopy; Pulse characterization

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; STARCH; TOXIC MATERIALS;

COLLINEAR FREQUENCY RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (CFROG); MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPORAL INTENSITY;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 34548221865     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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