Image formation in two-mode fiber-based confocal microscopes
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 10 (7) , 1535-1543
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.10.001535
Abstract
A description is given of a confocal scanning microscope in which a two-mode optical fiber is used both to launch the light into the microscope and to detect the image signal. There is a discussion of the variety of imaging modes that result from variation of the combination of fiber modes used to launch and to detect the signal. The form of the three-dimensional transfer function is considered in all the cases, and the effect of the finite size of the fiber core is included.Keywords
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