A new high-aperture glycerol immersion objective lens and its application to 3D-fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 146-151

  Martini, N ^a   Bewersdorf, J ^a   Hell, S W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Confocal; Fluorescence; Glycerol; Objective lens; Refractive index mismatch; Resolution

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLASS; GLYCEROL; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE;

CONFOCAL; COVER GLASS; HIGH-APERTURE; IMAGE BRIGHTNESS; IMMERSION LENS; NEW HIGH; OBJECTIVE LENS; OIL IMMERSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX MISMATCH; RESOLUTION;

FLUORESCENCE;

GLASS; GLYCEROL; OIL; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMERSION; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0036098491     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2002.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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