4Pi microscopy with linear fluorescence excitation
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp. 259-261 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000259
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Abstract
Practical 4Pi microscopy has so far exclusively relied on multiphoton excitation of fluorescence, because the nonlinear suppression of contributions from higher-order sidelobes was mandatory for unambiguous axial superresolution. We show that novel lenses of
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OCIS Codes
(100.6640) Image processing : Superresolution
(180.1790) Microscopy : Confocal microscopy
(180.2520) Microscopy : Fluorescence microscopy
(180.6900) Microscopy : Three-dimensional microscopy
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Microscopy
History
Original Manuscript: September 1, 2006
Revised Manuscript: October 21, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 26, 2006
Published: January 12, 2007
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Vol. 2, Iss. 3 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Marion C. Lang, Johann Engelhardt, and Stefan W. Hell, "4Pi microscopy with linear fluorescence excitation," Opt. Lett. 32, 259-261 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-3-259
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