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The effect of detector size on the extinction coefficient in confocal polarization microscopes
Author(s) -
Higdon P.,
Juškaitis R.,
Wilson T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2400798.x
Subject(s) - optics , microscope , confocal , detector , polarization (electrochemistry) , molar absorptivity , extinction (optical mineralogy) , extinction ratio , physics , materials science , chemistry , wavelength
We consider the effect of detector size on the polarization extinction coefficient in three geometries of confocal microscopes. We find that a single mode optical fibre‐based reciprocal system employing circularly polarized light offers great ease of alignment together with an extremely high extinction coefficient.