Numerical simulation of high-NA quantitative polarization microscopy and corresponding near-fields

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 399-406

  Totzeck, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD measurements; Microscopy; Polarization; Rigorous simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FOURIER MODAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035165484     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00085     Document Type: Article

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