Aberration compensation in aplanatic solid immersion lens microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 28189-28197

  Lu, Yang ^a   Bifano, Thomas ^b   Ünlü, Selim ^b   Goldberg, Bennett ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ABERRATION COMPENSATION; DESIGN THICKNESS; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; IMAGING QUALITY; MEMS DEFORMABLE MIRROR; SAMPLE THICKNESS; SOLID IMMERSION LENS;

THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84888258580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.028189     Document Type: Article

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