Fast scanning confocal microscopy with a rotary mirror array

Nan Guang Chen; Quing Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.478339

Fast scanning confocal microscopy with a rotary mirror array

Nan Guang Chen
, Quing Zhu

Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

We have developed a novel confocal microscopy system, which can perform both axial and lateral scanning at an ultra high speed. A rotary mirror array (RMA) consists of 36 small mirrors deployed on the surface of a round plate with a small tilting angle and a discrete rotational symmetry. When the RMA rotates at a constant speed, the focal point is scanned inside a sample periodically and linearly. We have demonstrated a scanning rate of 2400 lines per second, which can be readily improved to more than 20000 lines per second. Our scheme can also be used in a fast scanning multi-photon microscope.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-40
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4964
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478339
State	Published - 2003
Event	Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy:Image Acquisition and Processing X - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 28 2003 → Jan 29 2003

Keywords

Confocal microscopy
Fast scanning
Optical coherence microscopy
Rotary mirror array

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