Method for complex focal field measurement of a high-numerical-aperture lens under CW and pulsed conditions

Optics Communications

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 16-20

  Muller M ^a   Buist, A H ^a   Brakenhoff, G J ^a   Squier, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

COMPLEX FOCAL FIELD MEASUREMENTS; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE (HNA) LENSES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 0031147217     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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