Effects of system geometry on the axial response of the fibreoptical confocal microscope

Authors
Sharma, MD Sheppard, CJR
Citation
Md. Sharma et Cjr. Sheppard, Effects of system geometry on the axial response of the fibreoptical confocal microscope, J MOD OPT, 46(4), 1999, pp. 605-621
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
ISSN journal
09500340 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
605 - 621
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(19990320)46:4<605:EOSGOT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The axial imaging properties of a confocal microscope using a single mode f ibre as a detector are analysed. The axial response is calculated simply by performing an overlap integral in the back focal plane of the collector ob jective. The effects of axial misalignment of the fibre are investigated. T he behaviour of the system has similarities with that of a confocal system with pinhole aperture and a finite Fresnel number geometry.