Evanescent-wave fluorescence microscopy using symmetric planar waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5075-5082

  Agnarsson, Bjorn ^a   Ingthorsson, Saevar ^a,b   Gudjonsson, Thorarinn ^a,b   Leosson, Kristjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLUTIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CELL MATRIX INTERACTIONS; EXCITATION LIGHT; FIELD PENETRATION; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE EXCITATION; WIDE TUNABILITY;

EVANESCENT FIELDS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249170065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005075     Document Type: Article

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