Pupil filters for generation of light sheets

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 6339-6345

  Sheppard, Colin J R ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

AXIAL INTENSITY; EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD; LIGHT SHEET; PUPIL FILTERS; SIDE LOBES; UNIFORM INTENSITY;

OPTICS;

EID: 84875203248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.006339     Document Type: Article

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