1. Two-photon-induced fluorescence from the phycoerythrin protein.
- Author
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Chen, Zhongping, Kaplan, DL, Yang, K, Kumar, J, Marx, KA, and Tripathy, SK
- Subjects
Optical Physics ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering ,Optics - Abstract
Two-photon-induced fluorescence is observed from the photodynamic phycobiliprotein phycoerythrin. Temporal, spectral, and intensity-dependent properties of the two-photon-induced fluorescence emission from phycoerythrin excited by a 1.06-mum laser beam are reported. The measured two-photon absorption cross section of phycoerythrin is an order of magnitude larger than that of Rhodamine 6G. The potential applications of phycobiliproteins for two-photon-induced fluorescence for microscopy of three-dimensional biological samples and three-dimensional optical memory are discussed.
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- 1997