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Adaptive optics wide-field microscopy using direct wavefront sensing.

Journal: 
Opt Lett
Publication Year: 
2011
Authors: 
Oscar Azucena
Justin Crest
Shaila Kotadia
William Sullivan
Xiaodong Tao
Marc Reinig
Donald Gavel
Scot Olivier
Joel Kubby
PubMed link: 
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Funding Grants: 
AO Wide-Field Microscope
Public Summary: 
We report a technique for measuring and correcting the wavefront aberrations introduced by a biological sample using a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, a fluorescent reference source, and a deformable mirror. The reference source and sample fluorescence are at different wavelengths to separate wavefront measurement and sample imaging. The measurement and correction at one wavelength improves the resolving power at a different wavelength, enabling the structure of the sample to be resolved.
Scientific Abstract: 
We report a technique for measuring and correcting the wavefront aberrations introduced by a biological sample using a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, a fluorescent reference source, and a deformable mirror. The reference source and sample fluorescence are at different wavelengths to separate wavefront measurement and sample imaging. The measurement and correction at one wavelength improves the resolving power at a different wavelength, enabling the structure of the sample to be resolved.