NIR excitation light source

Posted by Judy Trogadis-2 on
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Fellow (confocal) microscopists,

Excluding lasers, does anyone know of a light source that would emit in NIR (around 800nm) wavelength with a good quantum efficiency? Are there other benchmarks to measure signal power?

Thank you

Judy

Judy Trogadis
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