Nonlinear optical microscopy of single nanostructures

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-236

  Huang, Libai ^a   Cheng, Ji Xin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing microscopy; Harmonic generation microscopy; Live cell imaging; Multiphoton photoluminescence microscopy; Nanomaterials; Pump probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; LIVE-CELL IMAGING; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PUMP-PROBE MICROSCOPIES; ULTRAFAST EXCITATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROBES;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 84880220284     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-071312-121652     Document Type: Review

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