Lateral resolution enhancement of laser scanning microscopy by a higher-order radially polarized mode beam

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 15947-15954

  Kozawa, Yuichi ^a,b   Hibi, Terumasa ^b,c   Sato, Aya ^a,b   Horanai, Hibiki ^c   Kurihara, Makoto ^d   Hashimoto, Nobuyuki ^d   Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Nemoto, Tomomi ^b,c   Sato, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CITIZEN Holdings Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SCANNING;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CONCENTRIC RINGS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONVENTIONAL LASERS; HIGHER ORDER; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; LATERAL RESOLUTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; OBJECTIVE LENS; OPTICAL PATH; POLARIZED MODES;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 80051716588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015947     Document Type: Article

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