Blu-ray disk lens as the objective of a miniaturized two-photon fluorescence microscope

Opt Express. 2013 Dec 16;21(25):31604-14. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.031604.

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the performance of a Blu-ray disk (BD) aspheric lens as the objective of a miniaturized scanning nonlinear optical microscope. By combining a single 2D micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) mirror as the scanner and with different tube lens pairs, the field of view (FOV) of the studied microscope varies from 59 μm × 93 μm up to 178 μm × 280 μm, while the corresponding lateral resolution varies from 0.6 μm to 2 μm for two-photon fluorescence (2PF) signals. With a 34/s video frame rate, in vivo dynamic observation of zebrafish heartbeat through 2PF of the excited green fluorescence protein (GFP) is demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Compact Disks*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Lenses*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / instrumentation*
  • Miniaturization