Vector diffraction analysis of high numerical aperture focused beams modified by two- And three-zone annular multi-phase plates

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1033-1043

  Jabbour, Toufic G ^a   Kuebler, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONS;

ANNULAR MULTI-PHASE PLATES (AMP); MICROFABRICATION; MULTI-PHOTON IMAGING; POINT-SPREAD-FUNCTION (PSF);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 32644432295     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001033     Document Type: Article

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