Dielectric microspheres enhance microscopy resolution mainly due to increasing the effective numerical aperture

Arash Darafsheh; Vahid Abbasian

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-01056-4

Light: Science & Applications (Jan 2023)

Dielectric microspheres enhance microscopy resolution mainly due to increasing the effective numerical aperture

Arash Darafsheh,
Vahid Abbasian

Affiliations

Arash Darafsheh: Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Vahid Abbasian: Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-01056-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Abstract Microsphere-assisted microscopy utilizing a microsphere in immediate proximity of the specimen boosts the imaging resolution mainly as a result of an increase in the effective numerical aperture of the system.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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