Design of three-dimensional superresolution filters and limits of axial optical superresolution

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1463-1476

  Liu, Haitao ^a   Yan, Yingbai ^a   Yi, Deer ^a   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

OPTICAL SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0042594414     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.001463     Document Type: Article

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