The white confocal: Continuous spectral tuning in excitation and emission

Optical Fluorescence Microscopy: From the Spectral to the Nano Dimension

Volumn 9783642151750, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-54

  Borlinghaus, Rolf ^a  

^a Leica Microsystems CMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL DEVICES;

LIGHT PATTERNS; MULTIBAND DETECTION; MULTIPARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL TUNING; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WHITE LASER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 84868611160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15175-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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