Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 12, 230181-1(2024)

Optical fiber integrated unlabeled differential super-resolution microscopic imaging system

Hao Luo1, Mengdie Hou3, Liang Xu1,2, Zhenyao Yang1, Cuifang Kuang1,2、*, Xianglong Zeng3、**, and Dazhao Zhu1、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research Center for Intelligent Chips and Devices, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    Hao Luo, Mengdie Hou, Liang Xu, Zhenyao Yang, Cuifang Kuang, Xianglong Zeng, Dazhao Zhu. Optical fiber integrated unlabeled differential super-resolution microscopic imaging system[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2024, 50(12): 230181-1

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jul. 20, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 13, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 26, 2024

    The Author Email: Kuang Cuifang (匡翠方), Zeng Xianglong (曾祥龙), Zhu Dazhao (朱大钊)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2023.230181

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