Quasi-spherical focal spot in two-photon scanning microscopy by three-ring apodization

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-26

  Ibáñez López, Cristina ^a,b   Saavedra, Genaro ^a,b   Plamann, Karsten ^a   Boyer, Gilbert ^a   Martínez Corral, Manuel ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam shaping; Optical sectioning effect; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTONS;

APODIZATIONS; BEAM-SHAPING; FOCAL-SPOT; OPTICAL SECTIONING; OPTICAL SECTIONING EFFECT; PHOTON-SCANNING; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SCANNING MICROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO PHOTON SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 22544434620     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20175     Document Type: Article

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