Confocal scanning optical microscope using single-mode fiber for signal detection
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 30 (16), 2143-2150
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.30.002143
Abstract
A single-mode fiber is employed as a detector in a confocal scanning optical microscope (CSOM) instead of a pinhole and its optical property is studied. The optical system is always coherent, which is fundamentally different from the CSOM with a finite-sized pinhole. The coherent transfer function and the axial response are calculated. Experimentally, the coherent image is taken and the axial response is also measured.Keywords
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