Three-dimensional refractive index reconstruction with quantitative phase tomography

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-10

  Dragomir, Nicoleta M ^a   Goh, X M ^a   Roberts, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arc fusion spliced fibers; Phase retrieval; Refractive index; Three dimensional image acquisition; Three dimensional microscopy; Tomography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

3D REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION; ARC FUSION; ARC-FUSION SPLICED FIBER; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PHASE RETRIEVAL; PHASE TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE PHASE MICROSCOPIES; SPLICED FIBERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ACQUISITION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 38149079696     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20520     Document Type: Article

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