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Title: Transport-of-intensity-based phase imaging to quantify the refractive index response of 3D direct-write lithography
PAR ID:
10049839
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optical Society of America
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Volume:
26
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1094-4087; OPEXFF
Page Range / eLocation ID:
Article No. 1851
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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