Time-resolved confocal fluorescence microscopy: Novel technical features and applications for FLIM, FRET and FCS using a sophisticated data acquisition concept in TCSPC

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6583, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Koberling, Felix ^a   Krämer, Benedikt ^a   Kapusta, Peter ^a   Patting, Matthias ^a   Wahl, Michael ^a   Erdmann, Rainer ^a  

^a PICOQUANT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

FCS; Fluorescence; FRET; Microscopy; Single molecule; Time correlated single photon counting

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIODES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE MOLECULE MICROSCOPY; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 36049029345     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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