Extinction coefficient in confocal polarization microscopy

Rimas Juskaitis; P. D. Higdon; Tony Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.271253

10 April 1997 Extinction coefficient in confocal polarization microscopy

Rimas Juskaitis, P. D. Higdon, Tony Wilson

Proceedings Volume 2984, Three-Dimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271253
Event: BiOS '97, Part of Photonics West, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We discuss a number for configurations for confocal microscopes and measure the extinction coefficient as a function of pinhole size. The introduction of a Babinet- Soleil compensator/polarizer combination is found to result in an extremely high extinction coefficient.

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Rimas Juskaitis, P. D. Higdon, and Tony Wilson "Extinction coefficient in confocal polarization microscopy", Proc. SPIE 2984, Three-Dimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IV, (10 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271253

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