Title :
Self-assembled micro-reflectors for signal enhancement in fluorescence microscopy
Author :
Gorocs, Zoltan ; McLeod, Euan ; Acharya, Shiv ; Ozcan, Aydogan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California Los Angeles (UCLA), California, CA, USA
Abstract :
Three-fold enhancement of fluorescent light collection in low numerical aperture optical systems is demonstrated using self-assembled micro-reflectors around individual micro-particles.
Keywords :
fluorescence; micro-optics; optical elements; optical microscopy; self-assembly; fluorescence microscopy; fluorescent light collection; low-numerical aperture optical systems; micro-particles; self-assembled micro-reflectors; three-fold signal enhancement; Fluorescence; Fluorescent lamps; Microscopy; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
