THE PARALLEL CONFOCAL DETECTING SYSTEM USING OPTICAL FIBER PLATE

Sincethefirstpatentforaconfocalmicroscope wasinventedbyMinsky1]in1957,theconfocal microscopyhasallowedamajoradvanceinbiologi calimagingforitsspecialadvantagesofhighresolu tion,highaccuracyandmoresimplifiedimaging processing.Today,ithasbeenwidelyappliedin…

THE PARALLEL CONFOCAL DETECTING SYSTEM USING OPTICAL FIBER PLATE

Objective Focusing on the problem such as slow scanning speed, complex system design and low light efficiency, a new parallel confocal 3D profile detecting method based on optical fiber technology, which realizes whole-field confocal detecting, is proposed. Methods The optical fiber plate generates an 2D point light source array, which splits one light beam into N2 subbeams and act the role of pinholes as point source and point detecting to filter the stray light and reflect light. By introducing the construction and working principle of the multi-beam 3D detecting system, the feasibility is investigated. Results Experiment result indicates that the optical fiber technology is applicable in parallel confocal detecting. Conclusion The equipment needn't mechanical rotation. The measuring parameters that influence the detecting can easily be adapted to satisfy different requirments of measurement. Compared with the conventional confocal method, the parallel confocal detecting system using optical fiber plate is simple in the mechanism, the measuring field is larger and the speed is faster.