Resolution and contrast enhancement of subtractive second harmonic generation microscopy with a circularly polarized vortex beam

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tian, Nian ^a,b   Fu, Ling ^a,b   Gu, Min ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84941584850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13580     Document Type: Article

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