multiphoton excitation

Excitation of a system by simultaneous interaction with photons that are 2- or 3- times the wavelength of the usual one-photon excitation wavelength.

See also: multiphoton microscopy, one-photon excitation, two-photon excitation, three-photon excitation

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Multiphoton Microscopy

Mode-locked pulsed lasers are used for deep tissue imaging and optical sectioning.