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Extends the Reach of Far-Field Microscopy

Nancy D. Lamontagne, News Editor

By taking advantage of adaptive optics technology, confocal and multiphoton microscopy could achieve greater depth and resolution, to the benefit of biological studies. In confocal and multiphoton microscopy, light travels to the focal plane and excites fluorescence in the sample, and the fluorescence travels back through the optics to a detector. During this trip, the light meets different surfaces that introduce aberrations into the image. In far-field techniques, these aberrations can reduce both the axial resolution and the signal, placing severe limits on image quality and depth....Read full article

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