Implementation of multilens micro-optical systems with large numerical aperture by stacking of microlenses

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 7002-7008

  Klug, Róbert ^a   Brenner, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 0001020954     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007002     Document Type: Article

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