Fiber-coupled multiplexed confocal microscope
We describe a new parallel scanning mechanism for confocal microscopy that is inherently fiber-optic compatible and that retains the simplicity of the line scanning confocal microscope. The method works by employing an incoherent fiber-optic bundle that maps a line illumination pattern back on itself on double passing, while separating the fibers that carry photons from out-of-focus sample planes. The transformation permits efficient rejection of out-of-focus photons by a slit aperture. (c) 2000 Optical Society of America.
- OSTI ID:
- 20217067
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 25; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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