1. Map-free line-scanning tomographic optical microscope
- Author
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Miklós Erdélyi, József Sinkó, Gábor Szabó, Laszlo Dudas, and Gábor Gajdátsy
- Subjects
Birefringence ,Materials science ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Image quality ,Physics::Optics ,Polarizer ,Rotation ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,law.invention ,Optics ,Optical coherence tomography ,Optical microscope ,law ,Line (geometry) ,medicine ,business ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
Line-scanning tomographic optical microscopy (LSTOM) requires precise rotation of the scanning line. We demonstrate a method that applies translation-invariant optical elements (polarizer and birefringent plate) to minimize the rotation error. An astigmatic line produced by means of a focused beam through a birefringent plate is used as line illumination. A comparative theoretical and experimental study is presented using an LSTOM system.
- Published
- 2011