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The intermediate optical system of laser-scanning confocal microscopes

Stelzer, 2006

Document ID: 11155203463720923364
Author: Stelzer E
Publication year: 2006
Publication venue: Handbook of biological confocal microscopy

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This text tries to explain some of the basics of intermediate optical systems in confocal microscopes. Most of the considerations are very simple and based on geometrical optics. The author therefore saw no need to present lengthy mathematical equations. The simple …

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