Effect of polarization on a solid immersion lens of arbitrary thickness

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

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 903-911

  Lim, Kenneth M ^a   Lee, Gary C F ^a   Sheppard, Colin J R ^a   Phang, Jacob C H ^a   Wong, Chee Leong ^a   Chen, Xudong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

AXIAL INTENSITY PROFILE; FOCAL FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; FOCAL POSITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE SPACE; OPTIMAL RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIZED ILLUMINATION; SOLID IMMERSION LENS;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LENSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79958792619     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.28.000903     Document Type: Article

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