Fast scanning confocal microscopy with a rotary mirror array

Nanguang Chen; Quing Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.478339

9 July 2003 Fast scanning confocal microscopy with a rotary mirror array

Nanguang Chen, Quing Zhu

Proceedings Volume 4964, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing X; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478339
Event: Biomedical Optics, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed a novel confocal microscopy system, which can perform both axial and lateral scanning at an ultra high speed. A rotary mirror array (RMA) consists of 36 small mirrors deployed on the surface of a round plate with a small tilting angle and a discrete rotational symmetry. When the RMA rotates at a constant speed, the focal point is scanned inside a sample periodically and linearly. We have demonstrated a scanning rate of 2400 lines per second, which can be readily improved to more than 20000 lines per second. Our scheme can also be used in a fast scanning multi-photon microscope.

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Nanguang Chen and Quing Zhu "Fast scanning confocal microscopy with a rotary mirror array", Proc. SPIE 4964, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing X, (9 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478339

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