Two-photon absorption-induced photoacoustic imaging of Rhodamine B dyed polyethylene spheres using a femtosecond laser

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 22410-22422

  Langer, Gregor ^a   Bouchal, Klaus Dieter ^b   Grün, Hubert ^b   Burgholzer, Peter ^a,b   Berer, Thomas ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^b Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH (RECENDT)   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CARBON FIBERS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EXCITATION INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE SIGNALS; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE; PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNALS; SINGLE-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON LUMINESCENCE;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

MICROSPHERE; POLYETHYLENE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ILLUMINATION; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOACOUSTICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYETHYLENE; RHODAMINES;

EID: 84884547189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.022410     Document Type: Article

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