The effect of detector size on the extinction coefficient in confocal polarization microscopes

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-11

  Higdon, P ^a   Juskaitis R ^a   Wilson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal; Light microscopy; Optical fibre; Polarization

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; CONFOCAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; DETECTOR SIZE; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPES; RECIPROCAL SYSTEMS; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBRE;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; GEOMETRY; OPTICS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030747349     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2400798.x     Document Type: Article

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