• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 8, Issue 10, 944 (2010)
Yonghong Shao, Heng Li, Qiao Wen, Yan Wang, Junle Qu, and Hanben Niu
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Institute of Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20100810.0944 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yonghong Shao, Heng Li, Qiao Wen, Yan Wang, Junle Qu, Hanben Niu. A miniature laser speckle fluorescence sectioning microscope for cell imaging[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(10): 944 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We present a miniature fluorescence sectioning microscope which uses a diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser as the light source and a fast translating diffuser to produce dynamically changing speckle patterns onto the back aperture of the objective to illuminate the sample. Optical sectioning, which originates from the statistical characteristics of laser speckles, is obtained by calculating the contrast of a series of fluorescence images. High contrast fluorescence sectioning images of bovine pulmonary artery endothelial (BPAE) cells are obtained. The image quality is similar to that of the images acquired by standard laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM). Compared with LSCM, the laser speckle fluorescence microscope (LSFM) presented in this letter has many advantages, such as simple configurations, low cost, compact, and easy to operate, which makes it possible to have wide spread applications in biomedicine.
    Yonghong Shao, Heng Li, Qiao Wen, Yan Wang, Junle Qu, Hanben Niu. A miniature laser speckle fluorescence sectioning microscope for cell imaging[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2010, 8(10): 944
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