Spatial Light Modulation as a Versatile Tool for Sensorless Aberration Correction in Fluorescence Microscopy and Nanoscopy
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Spatial (phase-only) light modulators (SLMs) have successfully been used for different tasks in microscopy, one prominent example being the doughnut beam shaping in STED nanoscopy [1]. Once implemented into the laser beam path of a microscopic imaging system, its free programmability makes the SLM a versatile instrument for multiple uses. Aberration correction in such a retrofitted system, for example, is readily realized by introducing compensating phase functions into the pupil [2,3].
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