Unified description of three-dimensional optical diffraction microscopy: from transmission microscopy to optical coherence tomography: tutorial
- Award ID(s):
- 1647837
- PAR ID:
- 10057740
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 1084-7529
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 748
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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