A wavefront generator for complex pupil function synthesis and point spread function engineering

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-223

  Neil, M A A ^a   Wilson, T ^a   Juskaitis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberration corrections; Confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ABERRATION CORRECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIELD; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION ENGINEERINGS; PUPIL FUNCTION; PUPIL PLANE FILTERS; SIMPLE METHOD; WAVE-FRONT GENERATORS;

ABERRATIONS;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FILTER; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034012071     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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