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Two-photon excitation fluorescence is currently the most widely nsed nonlinear contrast mechanism for microscopic investigations. The first experimental demonstration of two-photon excitation fluorescence was provided in 1961 (Kaiser and Garrett 1961), even though the first theoretical description of two-photon excitation flnorescence stems back to 1931 (Goppert-Mayer 1931). Three-photon absorption was demonstrated a few years later by Singh and Bradley (1964). Two-photon absorption is a third-order nonlinear effect, whereas three-photon absorption is a fifth-order nonlinear effect. The transition rate for two-photon absorption, R, depends on the square of the intensity, /, as follows (see Boyd 1992) ... 

The phenomenon of two-photon absorption (2 PA) can be presented as a process of simultaneous absorption of two photons under high intensity irradiation, resulting in one excited molecule [Ij. The investigations of 2PA previously undertaken are of great interest for a wide variety of emerging applications [3,36-42]. The nature of 2PA can be described based on the interaction of molecular electrons with an optical field. On a microscopic level the displacement of molecular electronic charge under the electric field, E, is related to the induced molecular dipole moment fi ... 

From the above results, it can be concluded that PAN fibres resulted in the desired conductive behaviour and will be used further in this investigation. Microscope images of the cross-section of PAN fibres treated with NiCl2 show that after thermofixation of the fibre, no swelling is obtained. Therefore thermofixation will be an important step in the production process and will also be taken into account in the following steps of this investigation. Finally, it should be pointed out that similar absorption behaviour of PAN fibres for Co and CoS was observed but, contrary to Ni, this led to much weaker electroconductive properties of the metallised fibres. 

The experimental detection and quantification of surface species on in situ soil particles and other natural colloids is a difficult area of research because of the sample heterogeneity, low surface concentrations, and the necessity to investigate the solid adsorbents in the presence of water. Unambiguous information can be obtamed only with in situ surface spectroscopy, such as x-ray photoelectron (XPS), extended x-ray absorption hne structure (EXFAS), x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES), melastic electron tunneling (lETS), and electron energy loss (EELS) spectroscopies. Recent advances in the development of nonevasive, in situ spectroscopic scarmed-probe and microscopic techniques have been applied successfully to study mineral particles in aqueous suspensions (Hawthorne, 1988 Hochella and White, 1990). 

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