Observation of nanosecond laser induced fluorescence of in vitro seawater phytoplankton

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3980-3986

  Bensky, Thomas J ^a   Clemo, Lisa ^a   Gilbert, Chris ^a   Neff, Bryan ^a   Moline, Mark A ^a   Rohan, Dov ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA HANDLING; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHYTOPLANKTON; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SEAWATER;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ABSORPTION PEAKS; CHLOROPHYLL PIGMENTS; DELAYED FLUORESCENCE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; NANOSECOND LASERS; NANOSECOND TIME SCALE; SHORT LASER PULSE;

PUMPING (LASER);

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LASERS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 53749106498     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003980     Document Type: Article

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