On the complex three-dimensional amplitude point spread function of lenses and microscope objectives: Theoretical aspects, simulations and measurements by digital holography

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-169

  Marian, A ^a   Charriere F ^a   Colomb, T ^a   Montfort, F ^a   Kuhn J ^a   Marquet, P ^b   Depeursinge, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DEPT UNIV DE PSYCHIATRIE ADULTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aberrations identification; Aberrations quantification; Amplitude point spread function; Diffraction models; Digital holography; Phase measurement; Phase point spread function

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HOLOGRAMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; MICROSCOPES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHASE MEASUREMENT;

ABERRATION IDENTIFICATION; ABERRATION QUANTIFICATION; AMPLITUDE POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS; DIFFRACTION MODELS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; NEARFIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; PHASE POINTS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION;

ABERRATIONS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33847694009     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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