Open AccessThree photons are better than tWO
Author(s) -
Lauren Arcuri Ware
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biotechniques/biotechniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1940-9818
pISSN - 0736-6205
DOI - 10.2144/000114225
Subject(s) - photon , microscopy , focus (optics) , two photon excitation microscopy , optics , physics , nanotechnology , materials science , fluorescence
Three-photon microscopy was suggested in the 1990s, but laser technology at the time was just not up to the challenge. Lauren Ware explores how recent technology advances are bringing three-photon microscopy back into focus.