Comparison of superresolution effects with annular phase and amplitude filters

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 6242-6247

  Luo, Hongxin ^a   Zhou, Changhe ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

AMPLITUDE FILTERS; ANGULAR PHASE; PHASE FILTERS; SUPERRESOLUTION EFFECTS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 10644254809     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006242     Document Type: Article

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