Fluorescence lifetime imaging with pulsed diode laser enabled stimulated emission

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 28216-28221

  Ge, Jianhong ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Lee, Shin Shian ^b   Kao, Fu Jen ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

COST EFFECTIVE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; GAIN-SWITCHED; PULSED DIODE LASER; RELATIVE TIME; WORKING DISTANCES;

STIMULATED EMISSION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84872005706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.028216     Document Type: Article

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