Diffractive superresolution elements

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

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1637-1646

  Sales, Tasso R M ^a   Morris, G Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FABRICATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

CONFOCAL SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; DIFFRACTIVE SUPERRESOLUTION ELEMENTS; STREHL RATIO;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0031188357     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001637     Document Type: Article

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