ArticleBiomedical optics express2023
High-resolution multi-z confocal microscopy with a diffractive optical element.
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- Research on the Method of Depth-Sensing Optical System Based on Multi-Layer Interface Reflection.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Resolution enhancement with deblurring by pixel reassignment (DPR).bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Resolution enhancement with deblurring by pixel reassignment.Advanced photonicsArticle
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Abstract
There has been recent interest in the development of fluorescence microscopes that provide high-speed volumetric imaging for life-science applications. For example, multi-z confocal microscopy enables simultaneous optically-sectioned imaging at multiple depths over relatively large fields of view. However, to date, multi-z microscopy has been hampered by limited spatial resolution owing to its initial design. Here we present a variant of multi-z microscopy that recovers the full spatial resolution of a conventional confocal microscope while retaining the simplicity and ease of use of our initial design. By introducing a diffractive optical element in the illumination path of our microscope, we engineer the excitation beam into multiple tightly focused spots that are conjugated to axially distributed confocal pinholes. We discuss the performance of this multi-z microscope in terms of resolution and detectability and demonstrate its versatility by performing
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