Superresolution far-field fluorescence bio-imaging: Breaking the diffraction barrier

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1283-1307

  Mao, Zhengle ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Cheng, Ya ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Far filed optical fluorescence microscopy; Nonlinear optical effects; Optics; Single molecule; Superresolution

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAR-FILED OPTICAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICS; SINGLE MOLECULE; SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 53649097271     PISSN: 02587025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/CJL20083509.1283     Document Type: Article

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