Single-cell biological lasers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 406-410

  Gather, Malte C ^a,b   Yun, Seok Hyun ^a,b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79959891958     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.99     Document Type: Article

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