3-DIMENSIONAL COHERENT TRANSFER-FUNCTIONS IN FIBEROPTIC CONFOCAL SCANNING MICROSCOPES

被引:27
作者
GU, M
GAN, X
SHEPPARD, CJR
机构
[1] Department of Physical Optics, University of Sydney, NSW
来源
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION | 1991年 / 8卷 / 07期
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10.1364/JOSAA.8.001019
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
After analyzing the three-dimensional image formation in fiber-optical confocal scanning microscopes, a three-dimensional effective point-spread function is introduced. For both reflection-mode and transmission-mode microscopes of small circular aperture, analytical expressions for the three-dimensional coherent transfer functions are derived. The relation between the three-dimensional and the two-dimensional (for thin objects) coherent transfer functions in these microscopic systems is further investigated. Three-dimensional numerical plots of the coherent transfer functions reveal their dependence on the fiber spot size.
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页码:1019 / 1025
页数:7
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