Extended focused image in microscopy by digital holography

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6738-6749

  Ferraro, Pietro ^a   Grilli, Simonetta ^a   Alfieri, Domenico ^a   De Nicola, Sergio ^b   Finizio, Andrea ^b   Pierattini, Giovanni ^b   Javidi, Bahram ^c   Coppola, Giuseppe ^d   Striano, Valerio ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING;

AMPLITUDE; IMAGE PLANES; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PHASES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 24944549611     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006738     Document Type: Article

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