Highly flexible whole-field sectioning microscope with liquid-crystal light modulator

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Monneret, S ^a   Rauzi, M ^a   Lenne, P F ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Fourier optics; Structured illumination

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FLUORESCENCE BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREQUENCY MIXING PROCESS; STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION;

FOURIER OPTICS;

EID: 33745200948     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/7/S23     Document Type: Article

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