Do evanescent waves contribute to the far field?

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-18

  Wolf, Emil ^a   Foley, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002903985     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.000016     Document Type: Article

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