Creating a spherical focal spot with spatially modulated radial polarization in 4Pi microscopy

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2444-2446

  Chen, Weibin ^a   Zhan, Qiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; DIFFRACTION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; SPHERES;

4PI MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; OBJECTIVE LENS; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SPATIAL PHASE MODULATION; SPATIALLY MODULATED; VARIABLE DISTANCES; VECTORIAL DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 68949192303     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.002444     Document Type: Article

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