Ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy of biologically relevant chromophores using type II difference frequency generation

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Leonard J ^a   Gelot, T ^a   Torgasin, K ^a   Haacke, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIXER CIRCUITS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONICS; SAPPHIRE;

BIOLOGICAL CHROMOPHORES; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY MIXING; FEMTOSECOND FLUORESCENCE; NEAR UV; SPECTRAL RANGE; TI:SAPPHIRE LASER SYSTEMS; ULTRA-FAST;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 79953798561     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/277/1/012017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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