A system for structured illumination microscopy comprising: a light source for generating an excitation light beam; a first micro lens array for splitting the excitation beam into an array of excitation foci; a first lens aligned along the first axis and positioned one focal length away from a focal point of the first micro lens array, the first lens focusing the array of excitation foci; a radial aperture block aligned along the first axis positioned at a front focal plane of the first lens, the radial aperture block being configured to block a plurality of low-angle central rays of the array of excitation foci, while allowing a plurality of high-angle, marginal rays of the array of excitation foci to pass through the radial aperture block, wherein the high-angle marginal rays are focused by the first lens along a high-angle and low-angle central rays are focused by the first lens along a low-angle; a galvanometric mirror aligned and positioned for redirecting and scanning the high-angle, marginal rays through an objective lens for focusing the redirected high-angle, marginal rays along a sample that generates an excitation by the sample and then the excitation from the sample is rescanned to generate patterned fluorescence emissions onto a second microlens array for locally contracting the patterned fluorescence emissions into a contracted pattern of fluorescence emissions, wherein the high-angle marginal rays evanescently excite the sample; and a mirror arrangement (130, 154) for redirecting the contracted patterned fluorescence emissions onto a detector for detecting the patterned fluorescence emissions emitted by the sample. a light source for generating an excitation light beam; a first micro lens array for splitting the excitation beam into an array of excitation foci; a first lens aligned along the first axis and positioned one focal length away from a focal point of the first micro lens array, the first lens focusing the array of excitation foci; a radial aperture block aligned along the first axis positioned at a front focal plane of the first lens, the radial aperture block being configured to block a plurality of low-angle central rays of the array of excitation foci, while allowing a plurality of high-angle, marginal rays of the array of excitation foci to pass through the radial aperture block, wherein the high-angle marginal rays are focused by the first lens along a high-angle and low-angle central rays are focused by the first lens along a low-angle; a galvanometric mirror aligned and positioned for redirecting and scanning the high-angle, marginal rays through an objective lens for focusing the redirected high-angle, marginal rays along a sample that generates an excitation by the sample and then the excitation from the sample is rescanned to generate patterned fluorescence emissions onto a second microlens array for locally contracting the patterned fluorescence emissions into a contracted pattern of fluorescence emissions, wherein the high-angle marginal rays evanescently excite the sample; and a mirror arrangement (130, 154) for redirecting the contracted patterned fluorescence emissions onto a detector for detecting the patterned fluorescence emissions emitted by the sample.