Diffractive superresolution elements for radially polarized light

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1355-1360

  Tan, Qiaofeng ^a   Cheng, Kan ^a   Zhou, Zhehai ^a   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION;

DIFFRACTIVE SUPERRESOLUTION ELEMENT; FOCUSED FIELDS; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; LONGITUDINAL COMPONENTS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; POLARIZED LIGHT; SIMULATION RESULT; SUPERRESOLUTION PERFORMANCE; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 77955987833     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.001355     Document Type: Article

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