Open AccessScanning interference microscopy
Author(s) -
Wilson T,
Jus̆kaitis R
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
bioimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1361-6374
pISSN - 0966-9051
DOI - 10.1002/1361-6374(199403)2:1<36::aid-bio3>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - interference (communication) , optics , optical sectioning , interference microscopy , confocal , detector , microscope , photodetector , physics , materials science , computer science , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting)
We consider the form of the interference term image in scanning interference microscopes employing finite sized coherent and incoherent detectors. We show, inter alia, that for the case of incoherent photodetectors the interference term image in scanning confocal and scanning conventional systems behave identically in all respects including optical sectioning.