Enhancing form factor and light collection of multiplex imaging systems by using a cubic phase mask

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2911-2923

  Somayaji, Manjunath ^a   Christensen, Marc P ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SENSORS;

COLLECTION APERTURES; CUBIC PHASE MASK; FILTERING PROPERTIES; LIGHT COLLECTION;

MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33745040362     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.002911     Document Type: Article

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