A study of resolution limit in optical microscopy: Near and far field

Optics Communications

Volumn 132, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Xiao, Mufei ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EVANESCENT DIFFRACTION; EVANESCENT FIELD DISTRIBUTION; RESOLUTION LIMIT;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030408386     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00323-9     Document Type: Article

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