Analysis of optical near-field images by Karhunen–Loève transformation

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3853-3861

  Charraut, Daniel ^a   Courjon, Daniel ^a   Bainier, Claudine ^a   Moulinier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Image processing; Image quality improvement; Informationextraction; Karhunen Lo ve transform; Near field microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001670770     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003853     Document Type: Article

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