3 Diffraction theory of electromagnetic waves J. A. Stratton, L. J. Chu (Physical Review 1939)

12 The Airy disc formula for systems of high relative aperture H. H. Hopkins (Proceedings of the Physical Society 1943)

25 Zur wellenoptischen Abbildung in Systemen mit grosser relativer �ffnung [On wave-optical imagery in systems with large relative aperture] Joachim Focke (Optica Acta 1957)

28 Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems. I. An integral representation of the image field E. Wolf (Proceedings of the Royal Society A 1959)

37 Focusing of electric-dipole waves J. J. Stamnes, V. Dhayalan (Pure and Applied Optics 1996)

71 Exact and approximate solutions for focusing of two- dimensional waves. II. Numerical comparisons among exact, Debye, and Kirchhoff theories Hans A. Eide, Jakob J. Stamnes (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1998)

87 Exact and approximate solutions for focusing of two- dimensional waves. III. Numerical comparisons between exact and Rayleigh-Sommerfeld theories Hans A. Eide, Jakob J. Stamnes (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1998)

101 Limit to concentration by focusing I. M. Bassett (Optica Acta 1986)

109 Optimal concentration of electromagnetic radiation C. J. R. Sheppard, K. G. Larkin (Journal of Modern Optics 1994)

120 Focusing of mixed-dipole waves Velauthapillai Dhayalan, Jakob J. Stamnes (Pure and Applied Optics 1997)

151 Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems. II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system B. Richards, E. Wolf (Proceedings of the Royal Society A 1959)

173 Electromagnetic field in the neighborhood of the focus of a coherent beam A. Boivin, E. Wolf (Physical Review 1965)

178 Energy flow in the neighborhood of the focus of a coherent beam A. Boivin, J. Dow, E. Wolf (Journal of the Optical Society of America 1967)

183 Stratton-Chu vectorial diffraction of electromagnetic fields by apertures with application to small-Fresnel-number systems Wenyue Hsu, Richard Barakat (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1994)

193 Spherical aberration and the electromagnetic field in high- aperture systems Taco D. Visser, Sjoerd H. Wiersma (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1991)

200 Diffraction of converging electromagnetic waves Taco D. Visser, Sjoerd H. Wiersma (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1992)

214 An analytical solution of vector diffraction problems for focusing optical systems with Seidel aberrations I. Spherical aberration, curvature of field, and distortion Rishi Kant (Journal of Modern Optics 1993)

232 An analytical method of vector diffraction for focusing optical systems with Seidel aberrations II: Astigmatism and coma Rishi Kant (Journal of Modern Optics 1995)

254 Aberrations in high aperture optical systems C. J. R. Sheppard (Optik 1997)

261 Deux probl�mes de diffraction � grande ouverture en optique [Two problems of optical diffraction at large apertures] R. Burtin (Optica Acta 1956)

267 Calculated intensity and phase distribution in the image space of a microwave lens G. W. Farnell (Canadian Journal of Physics 1957)

273 Structure of the electromagnetic field near the focus of a stigmatic lens A. Hardy, D. Treves (Journal of the Optical Society of America 1973)

279 Electromagnetic field in the focal plane of a coherent beam from a wide-angular annular-aperture system Akifumi Yoshida, Toshimitsu Asakura (Optik 1974)

289 Electromagnetic field near the focus of Gaussian beams Akifumi Yoshida, Toshimitsu Asakura (Optik 1974)

301 Electromagnetic field near the focus of wide-angular lens and mirror systems C. J. R. Sheppard, A. Choudhury, J. Gannaway (Microwaves, Optics and Acoustics 1977)

305 Electromagnetic field in the focal region of wide-angular annular lens and mirror systems C. J. R. Sheppard (Microwaves, Optics and Acoustics 1978)

309 Diffracted electromagnetic fields in the neighborhood of the focus of a paraboloidal mirror having a central obscuration Richard Barakat (Applied Optics 1987)

315 Certain computational aspects of vector diffraction problems M. Mansuripur (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1989)

337 Scalar and electromagnetic diffraction point-spread functions Jakob J. Stamnes, Halvor Heier (Applied Optics 1998)

351 Aberrations in circularly symmetric microwave lenses M. P. Bachynski, G. Bekefi (IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1956)

361 Study of optical diffraction images at microwave frequencies M. P. Bachynski, G. Bekefi (Journal of the Optical Society of America 1957)

372 On the axial phase anomaly for microwave lenses G. W. Farnell (Journal of the Optical Society of America 1958)

377 Measured phase distribution in the image space of a microwave lens G. W. Farnell (Canadian Journal of Physics 1958)

386 The diffraction theory of large-aperture spherical reflector antennas A. C. Schell (IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1963)

391 Measurements of the longitudinal component of the electromagnetic field at the focus of a coherent beam A. I. Carswell (Physical Review Letters 1965)

397 Electromagnetic description of image formation in confocal fluorescence microscopy Taco D. Visser, Sjoerd H. Wiersma (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1994)

407 The role of specimen-induced spherical aberration in confocal microscopy P. Torok, S. J. Hewlett, P. Varga (Journal of Microscopy 1997)

425 Focusing of electromagnetic waves through a dielectric interface Hao Ling, Shung-Wu Lee (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1984)

434 Frequency optimization of focused microwave hyperthermia applicators Hao Ling, Shung-Wu Lee, Walter Gee (Proceedings of the IEEE 1984)

436 Analysis of electromagnetic waves refracted by a spherical dielectric interface Yu Ji, Kohei Hongo (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1991)

444 Electromagnetic diffraction of light focused through a planar interface between materials of mismatched refractive indices: structure of the electromagnetic field. I P. Torok, P. Varga, G. R. Booker (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1995)

453 Theory of high-NA imaging in homogeneous thin films Donis G. Flagello, Tom Milster, Alan E. Rosenbluth (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1996)

465 Defocusing of a converging electromagnetic wave by a plane dielectric interface Sjoerd H. Wiersma, Taco D. Visser (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1996)

471 Electromagnetic diffraction of light focused through a planar interface between materials of mismatched refractive indices: structure of the electromagnetic field. II P. Torok, P. Varga, A. Konkol, G. R. Booker (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1996)

478 Electromagnetic diffraction of light focused through a stratified medium P. Torok, P. Varga (Applied Optics 1997)

486 Comparison of different theories for focusing through a plane interface S. H. Wiersma, P. Torok, T. D. Visser, P. Varga (Journal of the Optical Society of America A 1997)

495 Focusing of electromagnetic waves into a dielectric slab: I. Exact and asymptotic results Velauthapillai Dhayalan, Jakob J. Stamnes (Pure and Applied Optics 1998)

515 Focusing of two-dimensional electromagnetic waves through a plane interface Jakob J. Stamnes, Daya Jiang (Pure and Applied Optics 1998)

538 Theoretical and experimental results for two-dimensional electromagnetic waves focused through an interface Daya Jiang, Jakob J. Stamnes (Pure and Applied Optics 1998)

555 Focusing of electromagnetic waves into a uniaxial crystal Jakob J. Stamnes, Daya Jiang (Optics Communications 1998)

567 Numerical and asymptotic results for focusing of two- dimensional waves in uniaxial crystals Daya Jiang, Jakob J. Stamnes (Optics Communications 1999)

584 Numerical and experimental results for focusing of two- dimensional electromagnetic waves into uniaxial crystals Daya Jiang, Jakob J. Stamnes (Optics Communications 2000)

599 Bibliography

605 Author Index

607 Subject Index