Graded-index fiber lens proposed for ultrasmall probes used in biomedical imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5887-5894

  Mao, Youxin ^a   Chang, Shoude ^a   Sherif, ^a   Flueraru, Costel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; GRADED-INDEX (GRIN) FIBER LENSES; LIGHT COUPLING EFFICIENCY;

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS;

EID: 35948999258     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005887     Document Type: Article

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