Ultrafast time-resolved fluorescence by two photon absorption excitation

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 20742-20747

  Kim, Chul Hoon ^a   Joo, Taiha ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MIXING; PHOTONS;

FLUORESCENCE UPCONVERSION; FLUORESCENCE WAVELENGTH; NONCOLLINEAR; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION; TIME-RESOLUTION; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; ULTRA-FAST;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 57349138935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020742     Document Type: Article

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