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. 2010 May 12;15(3):037001. doi: 10.1117/1.3426310

Table 1.

Measured intensity ratios and the calculated orientational order parameter, P2, for the phosphate ν1 component of wild-type specimens as a function of the depth of field (zmin) of the objective used.

Objective Intensity Ratios Order Parameter, P2
Rx Ry
4×, 0.20 NA (zmin=60.8 μm) 0.60±0.2 0.78±0.1 0.03±0.02
20×, 0.50 NA (zmin=9.7 μm) 0.26±0.1 0.36±0.11 0.06±0.01
20×, 0.75 NA (zmin=4.3 μm) 0.29±0.05 0.59±0.09 0.20±0.02
40×, 0.90 NA (zmin=3.0 μm) 0.06±0.03 0.74±0.1 0.72±0.06