Differential microscopy for fluorescence-detected nonlinear absorption linear anisotropy based on a staggered two-beam femtosecond Yb:KGW oscillator

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 895-901

  Sandkuijl, Daaf ^a   Cisek, Richard ^a   Major, Arkady ^b   Barzda, Virginijus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; YTTERBIUM;

FEMTOSECONDS; LASER SYSTEMS; LINEAR ANISOTROPY; MULTIPHOTON FLUORESCENCE; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SIGNALS; PULSE TRAIN; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TWO BEAMS;

FLUORESCENCE;

ASPARAGUS;

EID: 84860220685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.1.000895     Document Type: Article

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