Annular pupils, radial polarization, and superresolution

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4322-4327

  Sheppard, Colin J R ^a   Choudhury, Amarjyoti ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHOGRAPHY; MASKS;

ANNULAR PUPILS; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SOLID-IMMERSION LENS; SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043099235     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004322     Document Type: Article

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