Experimental investigations on fluorescence excitation and depletion of ATTO 390 dye

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 723-725

  Luo, Ding ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Wang, Guiren ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence depletion efficiency; Fluorescence microscope; Fluorescent dye

Indexed keywords

COLLINEAR BEAM; CONTINUOUS WAVES; EXCITATION BEAMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FLUORESCENCE-DEPLETION; FLUORESCENT DYES; PHOTO-STABILITY; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; VIOLET BANDS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EXCITED STATES; LASER EXCITATION; QUANTUM YIELD; STIMULATED EMISSION;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84866523765     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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