Superresolution, extended focal depth or focal shift with electrically controllable radial birefringent filter

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 748-754

  Wang, Jiming ^a   Liu, Liren ^a   Yun, Maojin ^a,b   Liu, De'An ^a   Liu, Ximin ^a  

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

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electro optical effect; Extended focal depth; Focal shift; Polarization; Superresolution

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EXTENDED FOCAL DEPTH; FOCAL SHIFT; POLARIZERS; SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 27844559763     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/12/007     Document Type: Article

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