Determination of multiphoton absorption of silk fibroin using the Z-scan technique

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 29637-29642

  Applegate, Matthew B ^a   Marelli, Benedetto ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a   Omenetto, Fiorenzo G ^a,b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DIRECT LASER WRITING; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION; SILK FIBROIN; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; THREE-PHOTON; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

FIBROIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBROINS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON;

EID: 84890089483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.029637     Document Type: Article

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