Reduction of the spherical aberration effect in high-numerical-aperture optical scanning instruments

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3150-3155

  Escobar, Isabel ^a   Saavedra, Genaro ^a   Martínez Corral, Manuel ^a   Lancis, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING;

NUMERICAL APERTURE; OPTICAL SCANNING INSTRUMENT;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845885852     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.003150     Document Type: Article

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