Characterization of microscope objective lenses from 1,400 to 1,650 nm to evaluate performance for long-wavelength nonlinear microscopy applications

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 517-520

  Keatings, Stefanie Renaud ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   McConnell, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical parametric oscillator; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PUMPING (LASER);

AUTO CORRELATION; IMMERSION LENS; LENS PERFORMANCE; LONG WAVELENGTH; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY; OBJECTIVE LENS; OIL IMMERSION; PERFORMANCE; SIMPLE METHOD;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

ARTICLE; LASER; LASER MICROSCOPY; LENS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 47249086101     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20580     Document Type: Article

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