Effect of a finite-size pinhole on noise performance in single-, two-, and three-photon confocal fluorescence microscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 3562-3565

  Gauderon, Régis ^a   Sheppard, Colin J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND CRITERION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032606450     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003562     Document Type: Article

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