Fundamental limits in single-molecule orientation measurements

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Foreman, Matthew R ^a   Török, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTED PHOTONS; FISHER INFORMATION; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS; PHOTON NUMBERS; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SYSTEM REDUNDANCY;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX;

PHOTONS;

EID: 80053422310     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/9/093013     Document Type: Article

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