Theoretical prediction of three-dimensional shifting of a spherical focal spot in a 4Pi focusing system

Journal of Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Li, Ze ^a,b   Yan, Shaohui ^a   Yao, Baoli ^a   Lei, Ming ^a   Ma, Baiheng ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Dan, Dan ^a   Rupp, Romano ^c  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

laser beam shaping; phase modulation; polarization

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; SPHERES;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; FOCUSING SYSTEM; LASER BEAM SHAPING; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; RADIALLY POLARIZED LASER BEAM; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; TRAPPED PARTICLE; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 84860677923     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/5/055706     Document Type: Article

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