Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 177-181 , September 2006

Advantages of ultrashort phase-shaped pulses for selective two-photon activation and biomedical imaging

  • Laura T. Schelhas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Janelle C. Shane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Marcos Dantus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Received 22 May 2006 ,Accepted 19 July 2006.

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PII: S1549-9634(06)00105-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.07.007

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 177-181 , September 2006

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