The main advantage of confocal microscopes over their conventional counterparts is their
ability to optically “section” thick specimens; the thin image slices thus obtained can be used to …

Adaptive optics is becoming a valuable tool for high resolution microscopy, providing correction
for aberrations introduced by the refractive index structure of specimens. This is proving …

The imaging properties of optical microscopes are often compromised by aberrations that
reduce image resolution and contrast. Adaptive optics technology has been employed in …

Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique that corrects for optical aberrations. It was originally
proposed to correct for the blurring effect of atmospheric turbulence on images in ground-based …

Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy allows fluorescence far-field imaging
with diffraction-unlimited resolution. Unfortunately, extending this technique to three-…

A major limitation to the use of confocal microscopes to image thick biological tissue lies in
the dramatic reduction in both signal level and resolution when focusing deep into a refractive…

Adaptive optics are becoming a valuable tool for laser processing, providing enhanced
functionality and flexibility for a range of systems. Using a single adaptive element, it is possible …

Many polarisation techniques have been harnessed for decades in biological and clinical
research, each based upon measurement of the vectorial properties of light or the vectorial …

Far-field optical microscopy using focused light is an important tool in a number of scientific
disciplines including chemical,(bio) physical and biomedical research, particularly with …

We demonstrate wavefront sensorless aberration correction in a two-photon excited
fluorescence microscope. Using analysis of the image-formation process, we have developed an …