Optical collection efficiency function in single-molecule detection experiments.

Appl Opt

Los Alamos National Laboratory, CST-1, MS M888, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

Published: August 1997

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The optical collection efficiency function for an optical system such as that used in single-molecule detection experiments is studied. Closed analytical expressions based on a geometrical optics approximation are presented. Comparison is made with exact wave optics calculations.

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