The focus of light - Linear polarization breaks the rotational symmetry of the focal spot

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1917-1926

  Dorn, Ralf ^a   Quabis, Susanne ^a   Leuchs, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTODIODES; VECTORS;

ELECTRIC ENERGY DENSITY; LINEAR POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0347889250     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950034031000095812     Document Type: Article

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