Composed by a specialist in the field, Jian Liu, with contributions from a number of scientists and optical specialists, Elliptical Mirrors: Applications in microscopy discusses the importance of the elliptical mirror; the third solution in far-field optical imaging after parabolic reflectors and lenses for which apodization factors were established in 1921 and 1959 respectively. Elliptical mirrors are a new and novel technique within the world of optics and can be applied to industrial imaging, bioimaging X-ray photography and much more, and they will inevitably retain a significant role in the trend of microscopic development. This detailed and highly insightful book will be an important reference in a growing subject area that will benefit Ph D students, optical physicists, metrologists and researchers who have an interest in the ever-growing science of optics. The original content in this book will give a unique insight into mirror system design and applications in industrial metrology and bioimaging. It discusses the original theory of elliptical mirrors and gives a fundamental and comprehensive theory behind them and their functions.
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Table of Contents
Series preface
Preface
Acknowledgement
Author biography
List of contributors
Chapter 1 – Research and application of reflective microscopy
Chapter 2 – Apodization factor and linearly polarized light focusing properties of elliptical mirror
Chapter 3 – Focusing characteristic of polarized light
Chapter 4 – Imaging analysis of dipole vector in an elliptical mirror
Chapter 5 – Scalar approximation for the focusing property of an elliptical mirror
Chapter 6 – Aberration analysis of an elliptical mirror with a high numerical aperture
Chapter 7 – Three-dimensional transfer function
Chapter 8 – Design and application of an aspherical mirror
CHapter 9 – Elliptical mirror applied in TIRF microscopy