Scalar and electromagnetic diffraction point-spread functions

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3612-3622

  Stamnes, Jakob J ^a   Heier, Halvor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Defense Research Establishment   (Japan)

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EID: 0001287873     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003612     Document Type: Article

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