Sidelobe decline in single-photon 4Pi microscopy by Toraldo rings

Micron

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Martinez Corral M ^a   Caballero, M T ^b   Pons, A ^a   Andres P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 Apodization; 4Pi microscopy; Toraldo filters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141569586     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(03)00058-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

1. Bailey, B., Farkas, D.L., Lansing-Taylor, D., Lanni, F., 1993. Enhancement resolution in fluorescence microscopy by standing-wave excitation. Science 366, 44-48.
2. Blanca, C.M., Bewersdoff, J., Hell, S.W., 2001. Single sharp spot in fluorescence microscopy of two opposing lenses. Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2321-2323.
3. Hell, S., Stelzer, E.H.K., 1992a. Properties of a 4Pi confocal fluorescence microscope. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9, 2159-2166.
4. Hell, S., Stelzer, E.H.K., 1992b. Fundamental improvement of resolution with a 4Pi-confocal fluorescence microscope using two-photon excitation. Opt. Commun. 93, 277-282.
5. Martínez-Corral, M., Andrés, P., Ojeda-Castañeda, J., Saavedra, G., 1995. Tunable axial superresolution by annular binary filters. Application to confocal microscopy. Opt. Commun. 119, 491-498.
6. Martínez-Corral, M., Caballero, M.T., Stelzer, E.H.K., Swoger, J., 2002a. Tailoring the axial shape of the point spread function using the Toraldo concept. Opt. Express 10, 98-103.
7. Martínez-Corral, M., Caballero, M.T., Pons, A., 2002b. Axial apodization in 4Pi-confocal microscopy by annular binary filters. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19, 1532-1536.
8. Nagorni, M., Hell, S., 2001a. Coherent use of opposing lenses for axial resolution increase in fluorescence microscopy I. Comparative study of concepts. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 36-48.
9. Nagorni, M., Hell, S.W., 2001b. Coherent use of opposing lenses for axial resolution increase. II. Power and limitation of nonlinear image restoration. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 49-54.
10. Pawley, J. (Ed.), 1995. Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, Plenum Press, New York.
11. Richards, B., Wolf, E., 1959. Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems. II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system. Proc. Roy. Soc. (Lond), A 253, 358-379.
12. Toraldo di Francia, G., 1952. Nuovo pupille superresolventi. Atti Fond. Giorgio Ronchi 7, 366-372.
13. Wilson, T. (Ed.), 1990. Confocal Microscopy, Academic Press, London.