Selective excitation between two-photon and three-photon fluorescence with engineered cost functions

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3408-3414

  Chen, Jianfang ^a,b   Kawano, Hiroyuki ^c   Nabekawa, Yasuo ^a   Mizuno, Hideaki ^c   Miyawaki, Atsushi ^c   Tanabe, Takasumi ^d   Kannari, Fumihiko ^d   Midorikawa, Katsumi ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PROTEINS;

BUFFER SOLUTIONS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; SELECTIVE EXCITATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 4644371129     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003408     Document Type: Article

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