Annular pupil filter under shot-noise condition for linear and non linear microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6867-6880

  Ronzitti, Emiliano ^a,b   Vicidominil, Giuseppe ^a,e   Caorsil, Valentina ^a,d   Diaspro, Alberto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; LASER EXCITATION;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; IMAGING CONDITIONS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION; NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY; PUPIL PLANE FILTERS; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY;

SHOT NOISE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65149104755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006867     Document Type: Article

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