Numerical wave optical analysis of microlens array telescopes and comparison with experimental results

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3992-4001

  Duparrée, Jacques ^a   Goring R ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b Pyramid Optics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

PLANE WAVES;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 0041808741     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003992     Document Type: Article

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