Download or read book Optical Imaging and Microscopy written by Peter Török and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-17 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text on contemporary optical systems is intended for optical researchers and engineers, graduate students and optical microscopists in the biological and biomedical sciences. In three sections, the book discusses high-aperture optical systems, nonlinear optical techniques, and various techniques that are finding new applications. The new second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to account for new advances in fluorescence imaging and diffractive optical lenses.