Nonlinear ultrafast focal-point optics for microscopic imaging, manipulation, and machining

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1011-1030

  Itoh, Kazuyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Wataru ^a   Ozeki, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomedical application of optical radiation; Laser beam focusing; Micromachining; Microscopy; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROMACHINING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; LASER BEAM FOCUSING; MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RADIATIONS; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 66249098863     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2017105     Document Type: Article

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