Upgrading a microscope with a spiral phase plate

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-142

  Maurer, C ^a   Jesacher, A ^a   Furhapter S ^a   Bernet, S ^a   Ritsch Marte, M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fourier filtering; Phase reconstruction; Spiral phase plate

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT-FIELDS; FIELD TRANSMISSION; FOURIER-FILTERING; ILLUMINATION SOURCES; PHASE RECONSTRUCTION; PHASE-CONTRAST METHODS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPIRAL PHASE PLATES; SPIRAL-PHASE FILTERS; STANDARD-PHASE;

MICROSCOPES;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ILLUMINATION; MICROSCOPE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 41749101753     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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