title: Novel, high-quality surface plasmon resonance microscopy.
abstract: A surface plasmon resonance microscope capable of high-quality speckle-free imaging has been designed that uses a laser as a source. An inexpensive acoustic transducer is used to reduce speckle and other image artifacts arising from the use of illumination from an inexpensive laser pointer. The microscope is described and operation of the system demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Rahber
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thariani
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yager
keywords: Cost-effective imaging; Laser pointer; Speckle-free imaging; Surface plasmon resonance microscopy