Apertureless near-field/far-field CW two-photon microscope for biological and material imaging and spectroscopic applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 6766-6771

  Nowak, Derek B ^a   Lawrence, A J ^a   Sánchez, Erik J ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

DATA ACQUISITION CARDS; HIGH COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION; SHEAR FORCE MICROSCOPE; SINGLE-MOLECULE SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATION; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING;

MICROSCOPES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LASERS; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 78650469826     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.006766     Document Type: Article

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