Colin J. R. Sheppard

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. The sampling limit in fluorescence microscopy
    Micron, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 145–149, 2007
  2. Effects of using a metal layer in total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy
    Applied Physics A, vol. 89, no. 2, pp. 333–335, 2007
  3. Erratum to “Fundamentals of superresolution” [Micron 38 (2) (2007) 165–169]
    Micron, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 772–772, 2007
  4. Fundamentals of superresolution
    Micron, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 165–169, 2007
  5. Second harmonic generation polarization microscopy with tightly focused linearly and radially polarized beams
    Optics Communications, vol. 275, no. 2, pp. 453–457, 2007
  6. Nanoillumination based on self-focus and field enhancement inside a subwavelength metallic structure
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 1, p. 011501, 2007
  7. The optics of microscopy
    Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. S1–S6, 2007
  8. Near-field effects on coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy imaging
    Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 7, p. 4118, 2007
  9. Investigation of the point spread function of surface plasmon-coupled emission microscopy
    Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 8, p. 4634, 2007
  10. Monochromatic scalar fields with maximum focal irradiance
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 24, no. 7, p. 2057, 2007
  11. High-aperture beams: reply to comment
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 24, no. 4, p. 1211, 2007
  12. Ultra long high resolution beam by multi-zone rotationally symmetrical complex pupil filter
    Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 10, p. 6409, 2007
  13. Fractal model of light scattering in biological tissue and cells
    Optics Letters, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 142, 2007
  14. White-light interference microscopy: a way to obtain high lateral resolution over an extended range of heights
    Optics Express, vol. 14, no. 15, p. 6788, 2006
  15. Effects of axial field components on second harmonic generation microscopy
    Optics Express, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 1167, 2006
  16. Comment on “Do evanescent waves really exist in free space?”
    Optics Communications, vol. 266, no. 2, pp. 448–449, 2006
  17. Comment on “Theoretical analysis of numerical aperture increasing lens microscopy” [J. Appl. Phys. 97, 053105 (2005)]
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 100, no. 8, p. 086108, 2006
  18. The numerical integration of fundamental diffraction integrals for converging polarized spherical waves using a two-dimensional form of Simpson's 1/3 Rule
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1123–1134, 2005
  19. White-light interference microscopy: effects of multiple reflections within a surface film
    Optics Express, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 164, 2005
  20. Focusing of pseudoradial polarized beams
    Optics Express, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 1066, 2005
  21. Annular Pupils, Radial Polarization, and Superresolution
    Applied Optics, vol. 43, no. 22, p. 4322, 2004
  22. Vector treatment of second-harmonic generation produced by tightly focused vignetted Gaussian beams
    Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 21, no. 12, p. 2206, 2004
  23. Fresnel diffraction by a circular aperture with off-axis illumination and its use in deconvolution of microscope images
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 540, 2004
  24. Defocused transfer function for a partially coherent microscope and application to phase retrieval
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 21, no. 5, p. 828, 2004
  25. Orthogonal aberration functions for high-aperture optical systems
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 21, no. 5, p. 832, 2004
  26. Low-coherence interference microscopy using a ferro-electric liquid crystal phase-modulator
    Optics Express, vol. 12, no. 11, p. 2512, 2004
  27. Orthogonal aberration functions for high-aperture optical systems: erratum
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 21, no. 12, p. 2468, 2004
  28. Zernike Expansion of Separable Functions of Cartesian Coordinates
    Applied Optics, vol. 43, no. 20, p. 3963, 2004
  29. Linear phase imaging using differential interference contrast microscopy
    Journal of Microscopy, vol. 214, no. 1, pp. 7–12, 2004
  30. Image Formation in Low-Coherence and Confocal Interference Microscopes
    Applied Optics, vol. 43, no. 7, p. 1493, 2004
  31. Information capacity and resolution in three-dimensional imaging
    Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 113, no. 12, pp. 548–550, 2003
  32. A matrix method for calculating the three-dimensional irradiance distribution in the focal region of a convergent beam
    Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 114, no. 7, pp. 298–304, 2003
  33. Hyperresolving phase-only filters with an optically addressable liquid crystal spatial light modulator
    Micron, vol. 34, no. 6-7, pp. 327–332, 2003
  34. Practical limits of resolution in confocal and non-linear microscopy
    Microscopy Research and Technique, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 18–22, 2003
  35. Near-real-time phase difference amplification using multiple-beam interferometry and a liquid-crystal-phase-only spatial light modulator
    Optical Engineering, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 3537, 2003
  36. Focal shift and the axial optical coordinate for high-aperture systems of finite Fresnel number
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 20, no. 11, p. 2156, 2003
  37. Generalized Bessel pulse beams
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 19, no. 11, p. 2218, 2002
  38. Straightness measurements with a reflection confocal optical system-an experimental study
    Applied Optics, vol. 41, no. 19, p. 3966, 2002
  39. Three-Dimensional Phase Imaging with the Intensity Transport Equation
    Applied Optics, vol. 41, no. 28, p. 5951, 2002
  40. A 3D vectorial optical transfer function suitable for arbitrary pupil functions
    Optics Communications, vol. 211, no. 1-6, pp. 53–63, 2002
  41. Numerical integration of diffraction integrals for a circular aperture
    Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 113, no. 7, pp. 293–298, 2002
  42. Geometric phase-shifting for low-coherence interference microscopy
    Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 631–641, 2002
  43. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 217–218, 2002
  44. The three-dimensional transfer function and phase space mappings
    Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 112, no. 5, pp. 189–192, 2001
  45. Measurement of thin coatings in the confocal microscope
    Micron, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 701–705, 2001
  46. Optimization of second-harmonic generation microscopy
    Micron, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 691–700, 2001
  47. Simultaneous multichannel nonlinear imaging: combined two-photon excited fluorescence and second-harmonic generation microscopy
    Micron, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 685–689, 2001
  48. Comment on “The uncertainty principle applied to estimate focal spot dimensions” [Opt. Commun. 173 (2000) 51]
    Optics Communications, vol. 189, no. 1-3, pp. 1–2, 2001
  49. Characterising elegant and standard Hermite–Gaussian beam modes
    Optics Communications, vol. 191, no. 3-6, pp. 173–179, 2001
  50. Beam collimation in the presence of aberrations
    Optics Communications, vol. 194, no. 1-3, pp. 1–9, 2001
  51. Bessel pulse beams and focus wave modes
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 2594, 2001
  52. High-aperture beams
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 18, no. 7, p. 1579, 2001
  53. Wigner function for nonparaxial wave fields
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 2486, 2001
  54. Wigner function for highly convergent three-dimensional wave fields
    Optics Letters, vol. 26, no. 13, p. 968, 2001
  55. Integrated intensity and confocal imaging through scattering media
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 1517–1525, 2001
  56. Two-dimensional weak-object transfer functions in the scanning harmonic microscope
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 47, no. 7, pp. 1195–1202, 2000
  57. Axially invariant pupil filters
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 57–68, 2000
  58. Validity of the Debye approximation
    Optics Letters, vol. 25, no. 22, p. 1660, 2000
  59. Polarization of almost-plane waves
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 335, 2000
  60. Focal shift, optical transfer function, and phase-space representations
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 772, 2000
  61. Electromagnetic imaging in the confocal microscope
    Optics Communications, vol. 180, no. 1-3, pp. 1–8, 2000
  62. Comment on 'Analysis of spherical aberration of a water immersion objective: application to specimens with refractive index 1.33-1.40', D.-S. Wan, M. Rajadhyaksha and R. H. Webb, J. Microsc. 197, 274-284 (2000)
    Journal of Microscopy, vol. 200, no. 3, pp. 177–178, 2000
  63. Focal distributions and Hertz potentials
    Optics Communications, vol. 160, no. 4-6, pp. 191–194, 1999
  64. Fresnel coefficients for weak reflection, and the scattering potential for three-dimensional imaging
    Optics Communications, vol. 162, no. 4-6, pp. 182–186, 1999
  65. Effect of a confocal pinhole in two-photon microscopy
    Microscopy Research and Technique, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 210–214, 1999
  66. Position magnifying sensor
    Optics Communications, vol. 170, no. 4-6, pp. 309–318, 1999
  67. Waves in Random Media, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 53–66, 1999
  68. Electromagnetic Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 1381, 1999
  69. Direct method for phase retrieval from the intensity of cylindrical wave fronts
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 16, no. 7, p. 1838, 1999
  70. Resolution for off-axis illumination
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 622, 1998
  71. Dependence of Fresnel number on aperture stop position
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 15, no. 12, p. 3016, 1998
  72. Beam modes beyond the paraxial approximation: A scalar treatment
    Physical Review A, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 2971–2979, 1998
  73. The beam propagation factor for higher order Gaussian beams
    Optics Communications, vol. 153, no. 4-6, pp. 207–210, 1998
  74. Similarity theorems for fractional Fourier transforms and fractional Hankel transforms
    Optics Communications, vol. 154, no. 4, pp. 173–178, 1998
  75. Focal distribution for superresolving toraldo filters
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 849, 1998
  76. Improvement in imaging in confocal fluorescent microscopes using multiple detectors
    Bioimaging, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 126–129, 1998
  77. Axial resolution in the fibre-optical confocal microscope
    Bioimaging, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 98–103, 1998
  78. Free-space propagation of femto-second light pulses
    Optics Communications, vol. 133, no. 1-6, pp. 1–6, 1997
  79. Vector diffraction in paraboloidal mirrors with Seidel aberrations: effects of small object displacements
    Optics Communications, vol. 138, no. 4-6, pp. 262–264, 1997
  80. Efficient calculation of electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems using a multipole expansion
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 803–818, 1997
  81. Aberration measurement in confocal microscopy: Phase retrieval from a single intensity measurement
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1553–1561, 1997
  82. Study of evanescent waves for transmission near-field optical microscopy
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1167–1183, 1996
  83. Near field of a weakly guiding step-index singlemode fibre
    Electronics Letters, vol. 32, no. 12, p. 1128, 1996
  84. Image formation in three-photon fluorescence microscopy
    Bioimaging, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 124–128, 1996
  85. Flattened light beams
    Optics Communications, vol. 132, no. 1-2, pp. 144–152, 1996
  86. Surface reconstruction using an algorithm based on confocal imaging
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 469–486, 1996
  87. Fundamental reduction of the observation volume in far-field light microscopy by detection orthogonal to the illumination axis: Confocal theta microscopy (Optics Comm. 111 (1994) 536)
    Optics Communications, vol. 119, no. 5-6, pp. 693–695, 1995
  88. Three-dimensional confocal fluorescence imaging under ultrashort pulse illumination
    Optics Communications, vol. 117, no. 5-6, pp. 406–412, 1995
  89. Optical transfer function analysis for two-photon 4Pi confocal fluorescence microscopy
    Optics Communications, vol. 114, no. 1-2, pp. 45–49, 1995
  90. Modelling of images of square-wave gratings and isolated edges using rigorous diffraction theory
    Optics Communications, vol. 105, no. 5-6, pp. 367–378, 1994
  91. Improved axial resolution in confocal fluorescence microscopy using annular pupils
    Optics Communications, vol. 110, no. 5-6, pp. 533–539, 1994
  92. Fibre-optical confocal scanning interference microscopy
    Optics Communications, vol. 100, no. 1-4, pp. 79–86, 1993
  93. Imaging in a confocal microscope with one circular and one annular lens
    Optics Communications, vol. 103, no. 3-4, pp. 254–264, 1993
  94. Scattering by a one-dimensional rough surface, and surface profile reconstruction by confocal imaging
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 1409–1412, 1993
  95. Axial resolution in the fibre-optical confocal scanning microscope using annular lenses
    Optics Communications, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 27–32, 1992
  96. Image of a straight edge in fibre-optical confocal scanning microscopy
    Optics Communications, vol. 94, no. 6, pp. 485–490, 1992
  97. Axial imaging through an aberrating layer of water in confocal microscopy
    Optics Communications, vol. 88, no. 2-3, pp. 180–190, 1992
  98. Three-dimensional coherent transfer function in a reflection-mode confocal scanning microscope
    Optics Communications, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 281–284, 1991
  99. Three-dimensional optical transfer function for an annular lens
    Optics Communications, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 276–280, 1991
  100. Improvement of axial resolution in confocal microscopy using an annular pupil
    Optics Communications, vol. 84, no. 1-2, pp. 7–13, 1991
  101. Aberration Measurement by Confocal Interferometry
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 233–250, 1989
  102. Confocal Microscopes with Slit Apertures
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1169–1185, 1988
  103. The information capacity of a multi-dimensional communications system
    International Journal of Electronics, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 655–662, 1986
  104. Observations of dislocations and junction irregularities in bipolar transistors using the OBIC mode of the scanning optical microscope
    Solid-State Electronics, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 1189–1194, 1986
  105. Imaging in a scanning photoacoustic microscope
    The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 76, no. 2, p. 513, 1984
  106. Optical Microscopy with Extended Depth of Field
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (1934-1990), vol. 387, no. 1792, pp. 171–186, 1983
  107. The Image of a Single Point in Microscopes of Large Numerical Aperture
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (1934-1990), vol. 379, no. 1776, pp. 145–158, 1982
  108. Multiple Traversing of the Object in the Scanning Microscope
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 611–624, 1980
  109. Imaging and Super-resolution in the Harmonic Microscope
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 761–770, 1979
  110. Image Formation in Scanning Microscopes with Partially Coherent Source and Detector
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 315–325, 1978
  111. Image Formation in the Scanning Microscope
    Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1051–1073, 1977