Spectral confocal reflection microscopy using a white light source

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Booth, Martin J ^a   Juškaitis, Rimas ^a   Wilson, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Reflection; Spectrometry; Supercontinuum

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949128000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2008.08026     Document Type: Article

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