Degree of polarization in tightly focused optical fields

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 561-568

  Lindfors, Klas ^a   Setälä, Tero ^a   Kaivola, Matti ^a   Friberg, Ari T ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOCUSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

COHERENCE MATRIX; HIGH NUMERICAL IMAGING SYSTEM;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 15044344367     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000561     Document Type: Article

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