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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、*

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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[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(11): 2502 Copy Citation Text

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