Tunable transverse superresolution with phase-only pupil filters

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1027-1033

  Yun, Maojin ^a   Wang, Mei ^a   Wan, Yong ^a   Kong, Weijin ^a   Wang, Qingtao ^a   Liu, Liren ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Phase only filters; Superresolution

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TUNING;

PHASE-ONLY FILTERS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); QUARTER-WAVE PLATES; TUNABLE TRANSVERSE SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 33846884833     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/12/001     Document Type: Article

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