Spatially modulated illumination microscopy using one objective lens

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Mathée, Hans ^a   Baddeley, David ^a   Wotzlaw, Christoph ^b   Cremer, Christoph ^a,c   Birk, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light microscopy; Nanosizing; Spatially modulated illumination

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHTING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

NANOSIZING; SPATIALLY MODULATED ILLUMINATION; SUBRESOLUTION OBJECT STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 36049030428     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2768085     Document Type: Article

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