Comparison of different theories for focusing through a plane interface

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1482-1490

  Wiersma, S H ^a   Torok P ^b   Visser, T D ^a   Varga, P ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

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EID: 0005822809     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001482     Document Type: Article

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