Resolution enhancement in standing-wave total internal reflection microscopy: A point-spread-function engineering approach

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2833-2845

  So, Peter T C ^a   Kwon, Hyuk Sang ^a   Dong, Chen Y ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLUORESCENCE; LOW PASS FILTERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VECTORS;

OPTICAL IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037778612     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002833     Document Type: Article

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