High-speed 1-frame/ms scanning confocal microscope with a microlens and Nipkow disks.
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چکیده
We have developed a high-speed confocal laser microscope. A microlens-array disk set in front of a pinhole-array disk improved optical efficiency more than ten times compared with that of conventional Nipkow confocal microscopy. This new microscope achieves a high-speed measurement of 1 frame/ms. We expect that it will be used for measuring biological and industrial active samples.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 41 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002