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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Selective two-photon excitation of fluorescent biomarkers by coherent control and pulse shaping

Milan P. Poudel, Alexandre A. Kolomenskii, Alvin T. Yeh, Hans A. Schuessler

Published May 23, 2009• 0 citations
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