High-numerical-aperture optical microscopy and modern applications: introduction to the feature issue

Abstract

This feature issue comprises a collection of papers from groups in the forefront of the research of high-numerical-aperture optical systems and their applications. We have assembled 13 papers from a wide subject area within optical microscopy. Contributions include surface-plasmon microscopy, interference microscopy, optical coherence tomography, polarized-light microscopy, and the optical theories of these techniques.

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Clinical microscopy of the cornea utilizing optical sectioning and a high-numerical-aperture objective

Charles J. Koester, Robert B. Tackaberry, James D. Auran, Heinz D. Rosskothen, and George J. Florakis
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 10(7) 1670-1679 (1993)

Superresolving masks for incoherent high-numerical-aperture scanning microscopy in three dimensions

Ibrahim Akduman, Ulrich Brand, Jan Grochmalicki, Gerard Hester, Roy Pike, and Mario Bertero
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15(9) 2275-2287 (1998)

Nonparaxial vector-field modeling of optical coherence tomography and interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy

Brynmor J. Davis, Simon C. Schlachter, Daniel L. Marks, Tyler S. Ralston, Stephen A. Boppart, and P. Scott Carney
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24(9) 2527-2542 (2007)

Confocal microscopy with a high numerical aperture parabolic mirror

A. Drechsler, M. A. Lieb, C. Debus, A. J. Meixner, and G. Tarrach
Opt. Express 9(12) 637-644 (2001)

Feature Issue Introduction: Bio-Optics in Clinical Applications, Nanotechnology, and Drug Discovery

Robert J. Nordstrom, Adah Almutairi, and Elizabeth M.C. Hillman
Biomed. Opt. Express 1(3) 746-747 (2010)