In the search for higher resolution, modern day imaging systems frequently employ objective
lenses with a high numerical aperture. Propagation of light through such lenses introduces a …

Since the development of laser light sources in the early 1960s, laser beams are
everywhere. Laser beams are central in many industrial applications and are essential in …

Imaging of object structures using cylindrical vector beams in an aplanatic solid immersion
lens (SIL) microscope is investigated. Based on a complete optical model of an aplanatic SIL …

Despite the fact that optical profilers, such as coherence scanning interferometers, are
frequently used for fast and contactless topography measurements in various fields of …

Although optical 3D topography measurement instruments are widespread, measured
profiles suffer from systematic deviations occurring due to the wave characteristics of light …

Despite a number of books on biophotonics imaging for medical diagnostics and therapy,
the field still lacks a comprehensive imaging book that describes state-of-the-art …

Surface plasmon resonators can drastically redistribute incident light over different output
wave vectors and polarizations. This can lead for instance to sub-diffraction sized …

Optical aberrations of microscope lenses are known as a source of systematic errors in
confocal surface metrology, which has become one of the most popular methods to measure …

We demonstrate, what we believe to be, the first mathematical model of image formation in
optical coherence tomography, based on Maxwell's equations, applicable to general three …

The high cost of integrated circuit chip production has driven more and more chip design
companies to use overseas production services. Since the integrated circuit production …