Polarization conversion in confocal microscopy with radially polarized illumination

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2147-2149

  Tang, Wai Teng ^a   Yew, Elijah Y S ^a   Sheppard, Colin J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

BRIGHT FIELDS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION MODE CONVERTER; RADIALLY POLARIZED; SINGLE MOLECULE ORIENTATION; SURFACE PLASMONS;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 67650581332     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.002147     Document Type: Article

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