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Title: Two-photon flow cytometry with laser scanning two-dimensional airy beams
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Award ID(s):
1827745
Publication Date:
NSF-PAR ID:
10331268
Journal Name:
Optics Communications
Volume:
508
Issue:
C
Page Range or eLocation-ID:
127804
ISSN:
0030-4018
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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