Generation of an axially super-resolved quasi-spherical focal spot using an amplitude-modulated radially polarized beam

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2471-2473

  Lin, Han ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE-MODULATED; FOCAL SPOT; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE OBJECTIVE; LIGHT EFFICIENCY; LINEAR POLARIZATION; RADIAL POLARIZATION; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; THREE DIMENSIONS;

POLARIZATION;

FOCUSING;

EID: 79959980406     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.002471     Document Type: Article

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