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Photonics Research
Vol. 10, Issue 11, 2502 (2022)

Theoretical and practical guide for an axial superresolved focus via Gouy phase steering

Xiaowei Liu^1,2,4,*, Xiaolan Xia¹, Zhuofan Yao¹, Tianyue Zhang¹..., Meiling Jiang¹, Qing Yang^2,3, Xiangping Li¹ and Yaoyu Cao^1,5,*|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China

²Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311121, China

³State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering; International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 311121, China

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Xiaowei Liu, Xiaolan Xia, Zhuofan Yao, Tianyue Zhang, Meiling Jiang, Qing Yang, Xiangping Li, Yaoyu Cao, "Theoretical and practical guide for an axial superresolved focus via Gouy phase steering," Photonics Res. 10, 2502 (2022) Copy Citation Text

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