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
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.