Formation of a doughnut laser beam for super-resolving microscopy using a phase spatial light modulator

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1136-1143

  Watanabe, Takeshi ^a   Igasaki, Yasunori ^b   Fukuchi, Norihiro ^b   Sakai, Makoto ^a   Ishiuchi, Shun Ichi ^a,c   Fujii, Masaaki ^a   Omatsu, Takashige ^d   Yamamoto, Kimihisa ^e   Iketaki, Yoshinori ^f  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FOURIER OPTICS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE MODULATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER);

FOURIER PATTERN IMAGES; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; PHASE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; PHOTOEXCITATION PROCESS; PUMP BEAM; WAVE ABERRATION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 3142731508     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1690767     Document Type: Article

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