Confocal microscopy with a high numerical aperture parabolic mirror

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 637-644

  Drechsler, A ^a   Lieb, M A ^a   Debus, C ^a   Meixner, A J ^a   Tarrach, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

APERTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; PARABOLIC MIRROR;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0012806720     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000637     Document Type: Article

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