Simple high-speed confocal line-scanning microscope

Kang Bin Im, Sumin Han, Hwajoon Park, Dongsun Kim, Beop Min Kim

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Abstract

Using a line scan camera and an acousto-optic deflector (AOD), we constructed a high-speed confocal laser line-scanning microscope that can generate confocal images (512 × 512 pixels) with up to 191 frames/s without any mechanically moving parts. The line scanner consists of an AOD and a cylindrical lens, which creates a line focus sweeping over the sample. The measured resolutions in z (depth), x (perpendicular to line focus), and y (direction of line focus) directions are 3.3 μm, 0.7 μ.m and 0.9 μm, respectively, with a 50× objective lens. This confocal microscope may be useful for analyzing fast phenomena during biological and chemical interactions and for fast 3D image reconstruction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5151-5156
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume13
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 Jun 27
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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