Wave-front spacing in the focal region of high-numerical-aperture systems

Optics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1312-1314

  Foley, John T ^a   Wolf, Emil ^b,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

DEBYE APPROXIMATION; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE SYSTEMS; INCIDENT LIGHT; WAVEFRONT SPACING;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 20444476086     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.30.001312     Document Type: Article

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