Two-dimensional visualization of fluorescence lifetimes by use of a picosecond laser and a streak camera

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2303-2314

  Ossler, Frederik ^a   Metz, Thomas ^a   Martinsson, Lars ^a   Aldén, Marcus ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85010110768     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002303     Document Type: Article

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