Polarization effects in 4pi confocal microscopy studied with water-immersion lenses

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1652-1658

  Bahlmann, Karsten ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; WAVEFRONTS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

LENSES;

EID: 0038109738     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001652     Document Type: Article

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