High light field confinement for fluorescent correlation spectroscopy using a solid immersion lens

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-435

  Serov, A ^a   Rao, R ^a   Gosch M ^a   Anhut, T ^a   Martin, D ^c   Brunner, R ^c   Rigler, R ^a,b   Lasser, T ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescent correlation spectroscopy; High resolution; Single molecule detection; Solid immersion lens

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AUTOCORRELATION; EXCITATION FIELDS; FLUORESCENT CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID IMMERSION LENS (SIL);

FLUORESCENCE;

DYE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; EXCITATION; EXPERIMENT; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; IMMERSION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLID;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 7444271488     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.02.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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