Frequency dependent detection in a STED microscope using modulated excitation light

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-219

  Ronzitti, Emiliano ^a,c   Harke, Benjamin ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; EXCITATION BEAMS; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; LOCK-IN AMPLIFIER; MODULATED EXCITATIONS; NOVEL CONCEPT; SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGING;

MICROSCOPES;

FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHYSICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872737918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000210     Document Type: Article

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