Programmable diffractive optics for laser scanning confocal microscopy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6443, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Boruah, B R ^a,b   Neil, M A A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Laser scanning confocal microscope; Radially polarized beam; Spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SCANNING;

LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; NUMERICAL APERTURE THEORY; POLARIZED PUPIL FUNCTIONS; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAMS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 34247364589     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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