Ultrasensitive femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy for relaxation processes by using parametric amplification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1633-1638

  Han, Xiao Feng ^a   Chen, Xing Hai ^a   Weng, Yu Xiang ^a   Zhang, Jing Yuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

FLUORESCENCE DECAY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; GAIN FACTOR;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34548240574     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001633     Document Type: Article

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