Generation of a hollow dark spherical spot by 4π focusing of a radially polarized Laguerre - Gaussian beam

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-151

  Bokor, Nándor ^a   Davidson, Nir ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE DEPLETION MICROSCOPY; HOLLOW DARK SPHERICAL SPOT; LAGUERRE - GAUSSIAN BEAM;

FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33644512117     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.000149     Document Type: Article

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