Finite sized coherent and incoherent detectors in confocal microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Wilson, T ^a   Tan, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confocal; detector size; image formation

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTION; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; COHERENT DETECTION; CONFOCAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; DETECTOR SIZE; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; POLARIZATION IMAGING; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 0029929633     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.129410.x     Document Type: Article

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