Title :
Nonlinear laser microscopy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Molecular excitation by simultaneous absorption of two or more infrared photons from strongly focused 100-fs pulses from mode-locked lasers provides intrinsic 3D resolution for fluorescence microscopy and photochemical micro pharmacology in living biological cells.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biophysics; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; laser applications in medicine; laser mode locking; measurement by laser beam; microscopy; nonlinear optics; 100 fs; fluorescence microscopy; infrared photon absorption; intrinsic 3D resolution; living biological cells; mode-locked lasers; molecular excitation; nonlinear laser microscopy; photochemical micro pharmacology; strongly focused fs pulses; Diodes; Fluorescence; Focusing; Image resolution; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Microscopy; Physics; Power system reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
