A three dimensional dark focal spot uniformly surrounded by light

Optics Communications

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-234

  Bokor, Nándor ^a   Davidson, Nir ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRAPS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LENSES; LIGHTING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DARK FOCAL SPOT; ERASE BEAMS; LIGHT INTENSITY; SINGLE FOCUSING LENS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 34648846055     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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