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Structural dynamics and kinetics of myoglobin-CO binding : lessons from time-resolved X-ray diffraction and four-wave mixing spectroscopy / Valerica Raicu, Marius Schmidt, and Michael Stoneman -- Using two-photon fluorescence microscopy to study chemical phenomena in the skin / Kerry M. Hanson and Christopher J. Bardeen -- Ultrafast fluorescence microscopes / Tatsuya Fujino and Tahei Tahara -- Multicontrast nonlinear imaging microscopy / Richard Cisek ... [et al.] -- Broadband laser source and sensitive detection solutions for coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering microscopy / Feruz Ganikhanov -- Nonlinear optical microspectroscopy of biochemical interactions in microfluidic devices / Vladislav V. Yakovlev ... [et al.] -- Advanced multiphoton and CARS microspectroscopy with broadband-shaped femtosecond laser pulses / Bernhard von Vacano and Marcus Motzkus -- Nonlinear optical imaging with sub-10 fs pulses / Marcos Dantus, Dmitry Pestov, and Yair Andegeko -- Imaging with phase-sensitive narrowband noninear microscopy / Eric Olaf Potma and Visnu Vardhan Krishnamachari -- Biomolecular imaging by near-field nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopy / Norihiko Hayazawa ... [et al.].