Reduction of focal-spot size using dichromats in absorbance modulation

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2916-2918

  Tsai, Hsin Yu ^a,b   Smith, Henry I ^a,b,c   Menon, Rajesh ^b,c  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LumArray Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ABSORBANCES; CENTRAL NODES; DICHROMATS; FOCAL PLANE; FOCAL SPOT; FOCAL SPOT SIZE; OPTICAL LENS; PHOTOCHROMIC LAYERS;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 58149105913     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.002916     Document Type: Article

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