Fast vectorial calculation of the volumetric focused field distribution by using a three-dimensional Fourier transform

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1060-1069

  Lin, J ^a,d   Rodriguez Herrera O G ^b   Kenny, F ^b   Lara, D ^c   Dainty, J C ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHIRP Z-TRANSFORM; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FOCAL REGIONS; FOCUSED FIELDS; FOCUSING SYSTEM; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PLANAR INTERFACE; SINGLE MEDIUM;

FOCUSING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84855977356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.001060     Document Type: Article

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