Theoretical investigation on Raman induced kerr effect spectroscopy in nonlinear confocal microscopy

Science in China, Series G: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 788-796

  Guo, Lina ^a   Tang, Zhilie ^a   Xing, Da ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nonlinear confocal microscopy; Raman induced Kerr effect spectroscopy; Three dimensional point spread function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MICROSCOPES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATORS;

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; (E ,2E) THEORY; FOURIER IMAGING; HIGHER RESOLUTION; IMAGING PROPERTIES; IMAGING QUALITY; IMAGING THEORY; ISOTROPIC MEDIUM; KERR EFFECT SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR REORIENTATIONS; NON-LINEAR PROPERTIES; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); SPRINGER (CO); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TWO PHOTONS; VIBRATION MODES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 45749087320     PISSN: 16721799     EISSN: 18622844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-008-0086-6     Document Type: Article

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