• DocumentCode
    2878050
  • Title

    Arbitrary focal-field polarization control for optical microscopy

  • Author

    Abouraddy, Ayman F. ; Toussaint, Kimani C., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a convenient method for controlling the three-dimensional polarization vector at the focus of a high-numerical-aperture lens using a linearly polarized input field. This form of polarization microscopy requires no polarization optics.
  • Keywords
    lenses; light polarisation; optical control; optical microscopy; arbitrary focal-field polarization control; high-numerical-aperture lens; linearly polarized input field; polarization optical microscopy; three-dimensional polarization vector; Biological control systems; Biological information theory; Biomedical optical imaging; Focusing; Lenses; Optical control; Optical microscopy; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Ultrafast optics; (180.0180) Microscopy; (260.5430) Polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628648
  • Filename
    4628648