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Imaging of spheres with the confocal scanning optical microscope

1996; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 21; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ol.21.001800

1539-4794

Wieland Weise, Pavel Zinin, Tony Wilson, Andrew Briggs, Siegfried Boseck,

Digital Holography and Microscopy

The scalar theory of image formation for a strongly spherical object in ref lection confocal optical microscopy is considered. The image contrast is derived from the far-field scattering amplitude. Experimentally obtained images of the sphere are seen to be in good agreement with the theoretical prediction.