Broadband group delay dispersion compensation for a microscope objective lens with a specially-designed mechanical deformable mirror

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2778-2783

  Ozeki, Yasuyuki ^a   Omura, Gen ^a   Itoh, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; MICROSCOPES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

BENDING PROFILE; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; SPECTRAL PHASE DISTORTION;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION;

EID: 39749105376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002778     Document Type: Article

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