Variable focal length microlenses for confocal microscopy

Aaron Mac Raighne; Jiangang Wang; Eithne McCabe; T. Scharf

doi:10.1117/12.632954

7 October 2005 Variable focal length microlenses for confocal microscopy

Aaron Mac Raighne, Jiangang Wang, Eithne McCabe, T. Scharf

Proceedings Volume 5860, Confocal, Multiphoton, and Nonlinear Microscopic Imaging II; 58600L (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.632954
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2005, 2005, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Microlenses have been implemented in confocal systems successfully as components of aperture arrays and as arrays of objective lenses. The use of the novel technology of variable focal length (VFL) microlenses in the confocal system has also shown potential. The properties of the VFL microlenses are controlled by the physical and chemical parameters of the microlenses. Arrays of microlenses with varying parameters are fabricated and their characteristics tuned to meet the demands of confocal microscopy.

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Aaron Mac Raighne, Jiangang Wang, Eithne McCabe, and T. Scharf "Variable focal length microlenses for confocal microscopy", Proc. SPIE 5860, Confocal, Multiphoton, and Nonlinear Microscopic Imaging II, 58600L (7 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.632954

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