Starch-based backwards SHG for in situ MEFISTO pulse characterization in multiphoton microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-75

  Anisha Thayil, K N ^a   Gualda, E J ^a   Psilodimitrakopoulos, S ^a   Cormack, I G ^a   Amat Roldan I ^a   Mathew, M ^a   Artigas, D ^b   Loza Alvarez, P ^a  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

MEFISTO; Multiphoton microscopy; Second harmonic generation starch; Ultrashot pulse characterization

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; GRANULATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; MICROSCOPES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ELECTRIC FILED; INTERFEROMETRICS; MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC FILED BY INTERFEROMETRIC SPECTRAL TRACE OBSERVATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION STARCH; SPECTRAL TRACE OBSERVATION; STARCH GRANULES; ULTRASHOT PULSE CHARACTERIZATION;

STARCH;

STARCH;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 41749117919     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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