Polarization characterization in the focal volume of high numerical aperture objectives

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10813-10821

  Kang, Hong ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APODIZATIONS; FOCAL FIELDS; FOCAL VOLUME; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE OBJECTIVE; INCIDENT POLARIZATION STATE; LONGITUDINAL COMPONENTS; NUMERICAL APERTURE; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZED PLANE WAVES; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77952719195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010813     Document Type: Article

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