Multiplicative and subtractive focal volume engineering in coherent Raman microscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2365-2374

  Raghunathan, Varun ^a   Potma, Eric Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; PUMPS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING; DRIVING FIELD; EXCITATION FIELD; FOCAL PLANE; FOCAL VOLUME; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR EXCITATION; OPTICAL BOTTLE BEAM; PHASE SENSITIVE DETECTION; PHASE-ONLY MASKS; RAMAN MICROSCOPY; RAPID GROWTH; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT; SIDE LOBES; STOKES FIELD; SUB-DIFFRACTION;

FOCUSING;

ARTICLE; COLOR; ELECTRONICS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COLOR; ELECTRONICS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78149334307     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002365     Document Type: Article

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