Light distribution close to focus in biaxially birefringent media

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1785-1798

  Stallinga, Sjoerd ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOCUSING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

BIAXIALLY BIREFRINGENT MEDIA; DEBYE APPROACH; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; VECTORIAL DIFFRACTION THEORY;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544388424     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001785     Document Type: Article

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