Images of finite sized spherical particles in confocal and conventional microscopes when illuminated with arbitrary polarization
Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 3, pp. 453-458 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.000453
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Abstract
We investigate the form of the image of a finite sized spherical particle in confocal and conventional microscopes when the illuminating light has an arbitrary polarization. In particular, we take the cases of radial and azimuthal polarizations and use the Mie theory to find the scattered field from differently sized particles for these cases. We present numerical results for the changes in the detected intensity when subresolution and resolvable spherical particles are illuminated with particular wavelengths and polarizations. Further, we find the limiting size of a particle for which it can be considered a point scatterer for a particular wavelength.
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OCIS Codes
(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.0290) Scattering : Scattering
(290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory
ToC Category:
Imaging Systems
History
Original Manuscript: July 9, 2007
Revised Manuscript: October 6, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: November 29, 2007
Published: January 18, 2008
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Vol. 3, Iss. 2 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Sanaz Alali and Farnaz Massoumian, "Images of finite sized spherical particles in confocal and conventional microscopes when illuminated with arbitrary polarization," Appl. Opt. 47, 453-458 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-47-3-453
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