Acta Laser Biology Sinica, Volume. 29, Issue 3, 217(2020)

Off-axis Parabolic Mirror Afocal Scanning System Extends the Imaging Area of Two-photon Microscopy

YAO Jing1,2,3, WU Ting3, YE Shiwei3, GAO Yufeng3, ZHENG Wei3, and QIN Shuijie1,2、*
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    We propose an off-axis parabolic mirror (OAPM) afocal scanning system which can improve the image quality in the marginal area of two-photon microscopy. Compared with the traditional double lenses afocal scanning system, the OAPM afocal scanning system consists of a pair of parabolic mirrors, and a galvo scanner is located at one of the foci of the parabolic mirror. Both the simulation and experiment results show that the OAPM afocal scanning system can significantly reduce the astigmatism, the field curvature and the distortion introduced on the edge of field of view. Furthermore, adopting the proposed afocal scanning system, we build a two-photon microscope with a field of view of 2.4 mm×2.4 mm and a lateral resolution of 1 μm. Using this system, the neuron axons in the mouse brain slice can be clearly resolved.

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    YAO Jing, WU Ting, YE Shiwei, GAO Yufeng, ZHENG Wei, QIN Shuijie. Off-axis Parabolic Mirror Afocal Scanning System Extends the Imaging Area of Two-photon Microscopy[J]. Acta Laser Biology Sinica, 2020, 29(3): 217

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    Received: Mar. 3, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 6, 2020

    The Author Email: Shuijie QIN (shuijie_qin@sina.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7146.2020.03.004

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