title: Coherent transfer function of Fourier transform spectral interferometric coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy.
abstract: We analyze the optical resolution of Fourier transform spectral interferometric-coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy, which extracts the complex amplitude of an image by using a spectral interferometric effect. Image-formation formulas are presented that describe the properties of the image observed by the apparatus. The image-formation properties represented by the coherent transfer function are different depending on the mode (transmission, reflection, etc.) of the microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Materials & Advanced Research Laboratory, Nikon Corporation, 10-1, Asamizodai 1-chome, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0328, Japan. fukutake.naoki@nikon.co.jp
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukutake
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D015233:Models, Statistical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*