Axial resolution of confocal raman microscopes: Gaussian beam theory and practice

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-279

  De Grauw, C J ^a   Sijtsema, N M ^a   Otto, C ^a   Greve, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Depth resolution

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPES;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; AXIAL RESPONSE; BEAM OPTICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPES; DEPTH RESOLUTION; GAUSSIAN BEAM THEORY; MODEL-BASED OPC; PLANAR OBJECTS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LENS; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031459570     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2620818.x     Document Type: Article

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