High numerical aperture imaging with different polarization patterns

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5827-5842

  Lindlein, N ^a   Quabis, S ^a   Peschel, U ^a   Leuchs, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

APERTURE ANGLES; NUMERICAL APERTURE IMAGING; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVE DETECTORS; POLARIZATION PATTERNS;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 34247868233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005827     Document Type: Article

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