Noninterferometric differential confocal microscopy with 2-nm depth resolution

Optics Communications

Volumn 135, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 233-237

  Lee, Chau Hwang ^a   Wang, Jyhpyng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICS;

CONFOCAL IMAGING; DEPTH RESOLUTION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031079146     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00642-6     Document Type: Article

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