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1959 • 740 citations

Orientational Imaging of Single Molecules by Annular Illumination

2000 • 348 citations

The focus of light – theoretical calculation and experimental tomographic reconstruction

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Certain computational aspects of vector diffraction problems

1989 • 165 citations

Classical Optics and its Applications

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Knife-edge scanning measurements of subwavelength focused light beams

1977 • 139 citations

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1982 • 136 citations

The focus of light—linear polarization breaks the rotational symmetry of the focal spot

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Measurement of submicron laser beam radii

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Precision measurement of the electromagnetic fields in the focal region of a high-numerical-aperture lens using a tapered fiber probe

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Focusing of a Gaussian beam through a finite aperture lens

1985 • 29 citations

Sub-wavelength characterisation of optical focal structures

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