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Hi Zulin,
This might be way more than what you originally thought but I wanted to let
you know that our company offers a adaptive optics unit called MICAO that
actually replaces the cylindrical lens with a deformable mirror and plugs
directly in your microscope between your camera and camera port.
The advantages are several :
1) With the deformable mirror , you can adjust electronically the amount of
astigmatism you need.
2) with a DM, you can also induce a pure astigmatism, that means no other
aberration such as spherical is added
3) there is no dispersion/chromaticity
4) you can correct aberrations of your microscope and increase the amount of
light in your PSF significantly which improves your X Y Z localization
precision
4) you can also correct depth induced aberrations to image deep. We have for
example demonstrated PALM or STORM imaging at 50 microns recently.
For more information, I invite you to go to
http://www.imagine-optic.com/MicAO/index.php
You will find a direct comparison with the cylindrical lens approach.
Kind regards,
Philippe Clémenceau, Division Manager, MS in Optical Science
Imagine Optic Inc./Axiom Optics
Ph:+1 (617) 401 2198
Cell: + 1 (310) 597 1347
1 Broadway, 14th floor
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Cambridge, MA 02142
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Subject: cylindrical lenses with 10m focal length (1in diameter)
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Dear All,
We are planning to add cylindrical lenses with 10m focal length to our
microscopy to do 3D STORM. Unfortunately, I am having problem to find any
round cylindrical lens (1 inch) with such a long FL. As far as I know, CVI
is the only company making 10 m cylindrical lens, but they are not
willing/able to cut their lenses to round shape (1 inch). It will be really
helpful if anyone could tell me which company can make these lenses. Thanks
a lot, Zulin
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