Properties of a 4pi confocal fluorescence microscope

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 2159-2166

  Hell, Stefan ^a   Stelzer, Ernst H K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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EID: 84975659980     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.9.002159     Document Type: Article

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