Axial superresolution with ultrahigh aperture lenses

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 893-898

  Blanca, Carlo Mar ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTONS;

AXIAL RESOLUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SUPERRESOLUTION;

LENSES;

EID: 0042930837     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000893     Document Type: Article

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