Theoretical analysis of confocal microscopy with microlenses

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-125

  Tiziani, H J ^a   Achi, R ^a   Kramer R N ^a   Wiegers, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Diffractive refractive microlenses; Microlens arrays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000710978     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000120     Document Type: Article

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