Relaxed fabrication tolerances for low-Fresnelnumber lenses

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1599-1606

  Hessler, Thomas ^a   Kunz, Rino E ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Fabrication tolerances; Low Fresnel number lenses; Micro optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000647060     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001599     Document Type: Article

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