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Binocular Dynamic Visual Acuity in Eyeglass-Corrected Myopic Patients
Published on: March 29, 2022
Optometry for a short-sighted microscope
1Université de Paris, Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences, CNRS, Paris, France; Université Paris Saclay, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, Photophysique et Photochimie Supra- et Macromoléculaire, Cachan, France.
Abstract:
Evanescent-wave scattering is a topic in classical electrodynamics and in the study of colloidal particles near a boundary. However, how such near-surface scattering at subcellular refractive-index heterogeneities degrades the excitation confinement in biological total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy has not been well studied. An elegant theoretical work by Axelrod and Axelrod now addresses this very relevant question and reveals that-even when scattered-evanescent light preserves some of its surprising optical properties.
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