The measurement of the amplitude point spread function of microscope objective lenses

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-11

  Juskaitis R ^a   Wilson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Confocal microscopy; Fibre optic interferometer; Point spread function

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

AMPLITUDE; AMPLITUDE POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS; COMPLEX AMPLITUDE; FIBER-OPTIC INTERFEROMETERS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; OBJECTIVE LENS; OPTICAL FIBER INTERFEROMETERS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SIMPLE METHOD;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS; MICROSCOPE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031929633     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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