• DocumentCode
    1771952
  • Title

    Enhanced spatial resolution in confocal laser microscopy by subtractive imaging using vector beams

  • Author

    Segawa, Susumu ; Kozawa, Yusuke ; Sato, Seiki

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Multidiscipl. Res. for Adv. Mater., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The enhanced spatial resolution in confocal laser microscopy is demonstrated by subtracting two confocal images acquired by radially and azimuthally polarized beams. The effect of the side-lobe emerging in the subtraction processes is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    bio-optics; biological techniques; light polarisation; optical microscopy; azimuthally polarized beams; confocal laser microscopy; enhanced spatial resolution; radially polarized beams; subtractive imaging; vector beams; Fluorescence; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Microscopy; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989692