Theory of photon counting in single-molecule spectroscopy

Theory and Evaluation of Single-Molecule Signals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 181-244

  Gopich, Irina V ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84878487472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812793492_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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