Information capacity and resolution in an optical system
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 3 (8) , 1152-1158
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.3.001152
Abstract
The concept of invariance of information capacity is discussed and applied to the resolution of an optical system. Methods of obtaining superresolution in microscopy are discussed, and scanning microscopy has many distinct advantages for such applications.Keywords
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