Title :
Advanced confocal microscope using single hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre design
Author :
Kim, D.H. ; Ilev, Ilko K.
Author_Institution :
US Food & Drug Adm., Center for Devices & Radiol. Health, Silver Spring, MD
Abstract :
A simple confocal microscope design based on a single hollow-core fibre approach has been developed and experimentally analysed. Key optical components are the use of a hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre and a holed-mirror beam-splitter, both of which provide significant reduction of Fresnel back-reflections at the fibre tips and total background level resulting in increased resolving confocal laser power.
Keywords :
optical beam splitters; optical microscopes; photonic band gap; Fresnel back-reflections; confocal laser power; confocal microscope; holed-mirror beam-splitter; hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre; optical components;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20070951
