These are some references on microscopy, and related techniques, for applications in optics, biological sciences, and medicine. The following terminology is discussed in the given references:
Optical architecture for the multiple-prism beam expander microscope/microdensitometer (MPBEM). The beam incident on the object can be, for example, 25-50 mm wide X 25 µm high. This is an extremely elongated beam (in the plane of propagation) with a width to height ratio in the range of 1000:1 to 2000:1. The MPBEM has a dual optical mode of operation and can also be configured as a pure N-slit laser interferometer (NSLI) (for reviews see Tunable Laser Applications).
The use of light beams extremely elongated in one plane (25-50 mm) and extremely thin (10-30 µm) in the orthogonal plane was introduced for microscopy and microdensitometry applications in the early 1990s (see, for example, Duarte 1993). This type of one-dimensionally beam-expanded illumination for microscopy has also become known as thin light sheet microscopy (TLSM) and selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM).
References
F. J. Duarte and J. A. Piper, Dispersion theory of multiple-prism beam expander for pulsed dye lasers, Opt. Commun. 43, 303-307 (1982).
F. J. Duarte, Generalized multiple-prism dispersion theory for pulse compression in ultrafast dye lasers, Opt. Quantum Electron. 19, 223-229 (1987).
F. J. Duarte, Beam shaping with telescopes and multiple-prism beam expanders, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, P30 (1987).
F. J. Duarte, Dispersive dye lasers, in High Power Dye Lasers, F. J. Duarte (Ed.) (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991) pp. 7-43.
F. J. Duarte, On a generalized interference equation and
interferometric measurements, Opt. Commun. 103, 8-14 (1993).
F. J. Duarte, Electro-optical interferometric microdensitometer
system, US Patent 5255069 (1993).
F. J. Duarte, Interferometric imaging, in Tunable Laser
Applications, F. J. Duarte (Ed.) (Marcel-Dekker, New York, 1995)
pp. 153-178.
J. Chrastil, Spectrophotometric method for structural analysis of organic compounds,
polymers, nucleotides, and peptides, US Patent 5550630 (1996).
A. P. Sliski, CCD X-ray microdensitometer system, US Patent 5623139 (1997).
B. A. Nechay, U. Siegner, M. Achermann, H. Bielefeldt, and U. Keller, Femtosecond pump-probe near-field optical microscopy, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 2758-2764 (1999).
W. E. Ortyn, L. R. Piloco, and J. W. Hayenga, Cytological system illumination integrity
checking apparatus and method, US Patent 6011861 (2000).
U. Siegner, M. Achermann, and U. Keller, Spatially resolved femtosecond spectroscopy beyond the diffraction limit, Meas. Sci. Technol. 12, 1847-1857 (2001).
C. S. Kwok and K. Y. Lee, Microdensitometer system with micrometer resolution for
reading radiochromic films, US Patent 6927859 (2005).
J. Sawinski and W. Denk, Miniature random-access fiber scanner for in vivo multiphoton imaging, J. Appl. Phys. 102, 034701 (2007).
J. H. Nieuwenhuis, G. W. Lubking, and M. J. Vellekoop, Apparatus for determining the shape and/or size of little particles, US Patent 7295310 (2007).
