This dissertation investigates imaging phenomena by lenses of high relative numerical
aperture (NA) in the first layer of a homogeneous thin film stack. The imaging is described by …

A description is given of a modeling technique that is used to explore three-dimensional
image distributions formed by high numerical aperture (NA> 0.6) lenses in homogeneous …

This paper describes a modelling technique used to explore three dimensional (3D) image
irradiance distributions formed by high numerical aperture (NA> 0.5) lenses in …

We consider the form of the optical field in the exit pupil of a high numerical aperture
microscope objective when the lens is focussed onto an isotropic thin film specimen. The …

Experiments are described which illustrate the effect of aberrations of the objective, working
at high numerical aperture, on the diffraction images of circular apertures in an opaque film …

Thin-film coatings in modern optical systems as wideband AR-coatings may have> 10 layers
and an optical thickness of several λ. Such complex thin-films may introduce pronounced …

The confocal imaging of stratified media (for example, thin-film structures) is investigated. A
simple model is introduced for the imaging of a single layer in order to explore the axial …

We provide an expanded description of the global algorithm for mask optimization
introduced in our earlier papers, and discuss auxiliary optimizations that can be carried out …

In this paper, we extend the Hopkins formulation to take into account high numerical
aperture and thin-film interference effects by introducing a new TCC function for each depth …

We develop and solve the equations of multiple-wavelength ellipsometry for thin uniaxial
nonabsorbing films. We show that the values of the thickness and the real refractive indices …