CONFOCAL SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE USING SINGLE-MODE FIBER FOR SIGNAL-DETECTION

被引:115
作者
KIMURA, S [1 ]
WILSON, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD,DEPT ENGN SCI,OXFORD OX1 3PJ,ENGLAND
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1991年 / 30卷 / 16期
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10.1364/AO.30.002143
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A single-mode fiber is employed as a detector in a confocal scanning optical microscope (CSOM) instead of a pinhole and its optical property is studied. The optical system is always coherent, which is fundamentally different from the CSOM with a finite-sized pinhole. The coherent transfer function and the axial response are calculated. Experimentally, the coherent image is taken and the axial response is also measured.
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页码:2143 / 2150
页数:8
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