QUANTIFYING THE SHORT LIFETIME WITH TCSPC-FLIM: FIRST MOMENT VERSUS FITTING METHODS

LINGLING XU; ZHONG-CHAO WEI; SHAOQUN ZENG; ZHEN-LI HUANG

doi:10.1142/s1793545813500302

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