Microlens arrays for confocal microscopy

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Tiziani, H J ^a   Achi, R ^a   Kramer R N ^a   Hessler, T ^b   Gale, M T ^b   Rossi, M ^b   Kunz, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Micro optics; Microlens arrays

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; SCANNING;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FRESNEL LENSLET; HOT EMBOSSING; MICROLENS ARRAY; NUMERICAL APERTURE; ULTRAVIOLET EMBOSSING;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 0031096692     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(96)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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