Phase pupil functions for focal-depth enhancement derived from a wigner distribution function

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3623-3627

  Zalvidea, Dobryna ^a   Sicre, Enrique E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES OPTICAS   (Argentina)

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EID: 0000994564     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003623     Document Type: Article

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