Optimized pupil-plane filters for confocal microscope point-spread function engineering.
We present a new method of superresolving pupil-plane filter design in confocal microscopy in which we specify the properties of the desired point-spread function and use an optimization procedure to determine a suitable pupil-plane filter. A new, flexible method of filter implementation using reconfigurable binary optical elements is described, and experimental results are presented.
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Neil
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Juskaitis
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Laczik
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Sarafis