title: MRT letter: Experimental verification of vectorial theory to determine field at the geometrical focus of a cylindrical lens.
abstract: We provide experimental evidence supporting the vectorial theory for determining electric field at and near the geometrical focus of a cylindrical lens. This theory provides precise distribution of field and its polarization effects. Experimental results show a close match (≈ 95% using χ(2)-test) with the simulation results (obtained using vectorial theory). Light-sheet generated both at low and high NA cylindrical lens shows the importance of vectorial theory for further development of light-sheet techniques. Potential applications are in planar imaging systems (such as, SPIM, IML-SPIM, imaging cytometry) and spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Nanobioimaging Laboratory, Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
authors.forename: Kavya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: Partha Pratim
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Mondal
keywords: bioimaging; fluorescence microscopy