Depth of focus increase by multiplexing programmable diffractive lenses

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10207-10219

  Iemmi, C ^a   Campos, J ^b   Escalera, J C ^b   Lopez Coronado O ^b   Gimeno, R ^b   Yzuel, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MONOCHROMATORS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

INCOHERENT MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; PROGRAMMABLE DIFFRACTIVE LENSES; PROGRAMMABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY;

LENSES;

EID: 33750683005     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010207     Document Type: Article

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