The optics of microscopy

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Sheppard, Colin J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Image formation; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FRESNEL NUMBER; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249744540     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/6/S01     Document Type: Article

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