Sub-diffraction-limit imaging based on the topographic contrast of differential confocal microscopy

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1772-1774

  Lee, Chau Hwang ^a   Chiang, Hui Yu ^a   Mong, Hong Yao ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141963349     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.001772     Document Type: Article

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