Stimulated Raman scattering microscopy with a robust fibre laser source

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-159

  Freudiger, Christian W ^a,b   Yang, Wenlong ^b   Holtom, Gary R ^b   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^c   Xie, X Sunney ^b   Kieu, Khanh Q ^c  

^a Invenio Imaging Inc   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84895059717     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.360     Document Type: Article

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