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IN a recent paper1 I derived formulæ expressing the distribution of light in the geometrical focal plane of optical systems of high relative aperture; and, using these formulæ, curves were given showing the distribution of light in directions perpendicular to, and parallel with, the direction of polarization for a system fulfilling the sine-condition, and of numerical aperture equal to 0·77. A conclusion drawn, on the basis of this work, was: "The curves... have bearing on the resolving power of microscopes. A variation of the resolution for two fixed points with rotation of the direction of polarization is suggested by them".
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HOPKINS, H. Resolving Power of the Microscope using Polarized Light. Nature 155, 275 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155275a0
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