A common aberration with water-immersion objective lenses

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-51

  Arimoto, R ^a   Murray, John M ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberration; Coverslip tilt; Point spread function; Water immersion objectives

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

COVERSLIP TILT; COVERSLIPS; IMMERSION OBJECTIVE; IMMERSION OBJECTIVE LENS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; OIL IMMERSION OBJECTIVE; OPTICAL AXIS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER-IMMERSION OBJECTIVE;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LENS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 4744345816     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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