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Xu N, Bohndiek SE, Li Z, Zhang C, Tan Q. Mechanical-scan-free multicolor super-resolution imaging with diffractive spot array illumination. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4135. [PMID: 38755150 PMCID: PMC11099116 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48482-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Point-scanning microscopy approaches are transforming super-resolution imaging. Despite achieving parallel high-speed imaging using multifocal techniques, efficient multicolor imaging methods with high-quality illumination are currently lacking. In this paper, we present for the first time Mechanical-scan-free multiColor Super-resolution Microscopy (MCoSM) with spot array illumination, which enables mechanical-scan-free super-resolution imaging with adjustable resolution and a good effective field-of-view based on spatial light modulators. Through 100-2,500 s super-resolution spot illumination with different effective fields of view for imaging, we demonstrate the adjustable capacity of MCoSM. MCoSM extends existing spectral imaging capabilities through a time-sharing process involving different color illumination with phase-shift scanning while retaining the spatial flexibility of super-resolution imaging with diffractive spot array illumination. To demonstrate the prospects of MCoSM, we perform four-color imaging of fluorescent beads at high resolution. MCoSM provides a versatile platform for studying molecular interactions in complex samples at the nanoscale level.
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- Ning Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Liu G, Chen B, Tian Z, Zhong Q, Chen SC. Compressive sensing-based multi-focus line-scanning two-photon microscopy for fast 3D imaging. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:17143-17151. [PMID: 38858904 DOI: 10.1364/oe.522671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Fast 3D volume imaging methods have been playing increasingly important roles in biological studies. In this article, we present the design and characterization of a multi-focus line-scanning two-photon microscope. Specifically, a digital micromirror device (DMD) is employed to generate a randomly distributed focus array on a plane (i.e., x-z) via binary holography. Next, a galvanometric mirror scans the focus array in a direction normal to the plane (i.e., y-axis) over the imaging volume. For sparse samples, e.g., neural networks in a brain, 1-3 foci are used together with compressive sensing algorithm to achieve a volume imaging rate of 15.5 volumes/sec over 77 × 120 × 40 µm3. High-resolution optical cross-sectional images on selected planes and regions can be generated by sequentially scanning the laser focus generated on the x-z plane with good imaging speeds (e.g., 107 frames/sec over 80 × 120 × 40 µm3). In the experiments, microbeads, pollens, and mouse brain slices have been imaged to characterize the point spread function and volume image rate and quality at different sampling ratios. The results show that the multi-focus line-scanning microscope presents a fast and versatile 3D imaging platform for deep tissue imaging and dynamic live animal studies.
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Wang Y, Bi Z, Song Y, Duan L, Chen SC. Selective activation of photoactivatable fluorescent protein based on binary holography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 15:3382-3393. [PMID: 38855656 PMCID: PMC11161383 DOI: 10.1364/boe.519531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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The ability to deliver laser doses to different target locations with high spatial and temporal resolution has been a long-sought goal in photo-stimulation and optogenetics research via, for example, photoactivatable proteins. These light-sensitive proteins undergo conformational changes upon photoactivation, serving functions such as triggering fluorescence, modulating ion channel activities, or initiating biochemical reactions within cells. Conventionally, photo-stimulation on light-sensitive proteins is performed by serially scanning a laser focus or via 2D projection, which is limited by relatively low spatiotemporal resolution. In this work, we present a programmable two-photon stimulation method based on a digital micromirror device (DMD) and binary holography to perform the activation of photoactivatable green fluorescent protein (PAGFP) in live cells. This method achieved grayscale and 3D selective PAGFP activation with subcellular resolution. In the experiments, we demonstrated the 3D activation capability and investigated the diffusion dynamics of activated PAGFP on the cell membrane. A regional difference in cell membrane diffusivity was observed, indicating the great potential of our approach in interrogating the spatiotemporal dynamics of cellular processes inside living cells.
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- Yintao Wang
- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
- Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII), Hong Kong Science Park, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
- Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII), Hong Kong Science Park, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
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Girerd T, Mandorlo F, Jamois C, Benyattou T, Ferrier L, Berguiga L. Optical sensing based on phase interrogation with a Young's interference hologram using a digital micromirror device. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:3647-3659. [PMID: 38297581 DOI: 10.1364/oe.507643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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We propose a new holographic interferometric technique of phase interrogation for nanophotonic sensors, allowing to reach low phase noise and fluctuation by using a digital micromirror device spatial light modulator. With the spatial light modulator, both beam shaping and phase shifting interferometry can be simultaneously managed, hence enabling the interrogation of nanophotonic devices with a common-path heterodyne Young's interference experiment. The efficiency of the technique is illustrated in the particular case of temperature sensing using Tamm plasmon photonic crystals. The hologram sensor allows to probe resonant structures with deep attenuation at resonance, such as resonant structures at critical coupling or with phase singularities.
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Zhang Q, Charania S, Rothe S, Koukourakis N, Neumann N, Plettemeier D, Czarske JW. Multimode Optical Interconnects on Silicon Interposer Enable Confidential Hardware-to-Hardware Communication. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:6076. [PMID: 37447925 PMCID: PMC10346219 DOI: 10.3390/s23136076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Following Moore's law, the density of integrated circuits is increasing in all dimensions, for instance, in 3D stacked chip networks. Amongst other electro-optic solutions, multimode optical interconnects on a silicon interposer promise to enable high throughput for modern hardware platforms in a restricted space. Such integrated architectures require confidential communication between multiple chips as a key factor for high-performance infrastructures in the 5G era and beyond. Physical layer security is an approach providing information theoretic security among network participants, exploiting the uniqueness of the data channel. We experimentally project orthogonal and non-orthogonal symbols through 380 μm long multimode on-chip interconnects by wavefront shaping. These interconnects are investigated for their uniqueness by repeating these experiments across multiple channels and samples. We show that the detected speckle patterns resulting from modal crosstalk can be recognized by training a deep neural network, which is used to transform these patterns into a corresponding readable output. The results showcase the feasibility of applying physical layer security to multimode interconnects on silicon interposers for confidential optical 3D chip networks.
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- Qian Zhang
- Laboratory of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (S.R.); (N.K.); (J.W.C.)
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- Chair of Radio Frequency and Photonics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (S.R.); (N.K.); (J.W.C.)
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- Laboratory of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (S.R.); (N.K.); (J.W.C.)
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- Institute for Electrical Information Technology, TU Clausthal, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany;
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- Chair of Radio Frequency and Photonics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany; (S.R.); (N.K.); (J.W.C.)
- Institute of Applied Physics, School of Science, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Bouchet D, Caravaca-Aguirre AM, Godefroy G, Moreau P, Wang I, Bossy E. Speckle-correlation imaging through a kaleidoscopic multimode fiber. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2221407120. [PMID: 37343065 PMCID: PMC10293815 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221407120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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Speckle-correlation imaging techniques are widely used for noninvasive imaging through complex scattering media. While light propagation through multimode fibers and scattering media share many analogies, reconstructing images through multimode fibers from speckle correlations remains an unsolved challenge. Here, we exploit a kaleidoscopic memory effect emerging in square-core multimode fibers and demonstrate fluorescence imaging with no prior knowledge on the fiber. Experimentally, our approach simply requires to translate random speckle patterns at the input of a square-core fiber and to measure the resulting fluorescence intensity with a bucket detector. The image of the fluorescent object is then reconstructed from the autocorrelation of the measured signal by solving an inverse problem. This strategy does not require the knowledge of the fragile deterministic relation between input and output fields, which makes it promising for the development of flexible minimally invasive endoscopes.
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- Dorian Bouchet
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Leti, 38000Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000Grenoble, France
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Han F, Gu S, Klimas A, Zhao N, Zhao Y, Chen SC. Three-dimensional nanofabrication via ultrafast laser patterning and kinetically regulated material assembly. Science 2022; 378:1325-1331. [PMID: 36548430 DOI: 10.1126/science.abm8420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A major challenge in nanotechnology is the fabrication of complex three-dimensional (3D) structures with desired materials. We present a strategy for fabricating arbitrary 3D nanostructures with a library of materials including metals, metal alloys, 2D materials, oxides, diamond, upconversion materials, semiconductors, polymers, biomaterials, molecular crystals, and inks. Specifically, hydrogels patterned by femtosecond light sheets are used as templates that allow for direct assembly of materials to form designed nanostructures. By fine-tuning the exposure strategy and features of the patterned gel, 2D and 3D structures of 20- to 200-nm resolution are realized. We fabricated nanodevices, including encrypted optical storage and microelectrodes, to demonstrate their designed functionality and precision. These results show that our method provides a systematic solution for nanofabrication across different classes of materials and opens up further possibilities for the design of sophisticated nanodevices.
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- Fei Han
- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.,Oxford-CityU Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3815, United States
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- Oxford-CityU Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.,Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3815, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.,Oxford-CityU Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.,Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII), Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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Brodoline A, Alexandre D, Gross M. Fast and pure phase-shifting off-axis holographic microscopy with a digital micromirror device. APPLIED OPTICS 2022; 61:4296-4302. [PMID: 36256266 DOI: 10.1364/ao.452382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We present a phase-shifting digital holographic microscopy technique, where a digital micromirror device enables to perform a precise phase-only shift of the reference wave. By coupling the beam into a monomode fiber, we obtain a laser mode with a constant phase shift, equally acting on all pixels of the hologram. This method has the advantage of being relatively simple and compatible with high frame rate cameras, which makes it of great interest for the observation of fast phenomena. We demonstrate the validity of the technique in an off-axis configuration by imaging living paramecia caudata.
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Optimization of DMD-based independent amplitude and phase modulation by analysis of target complex wavefront. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7754. [PMID: 35546600 PMCID: PMC9095630 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11443-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The paper presents the results of a comprehensive study on the optimization of independent amplitude and phase wavefront manipulation which is implemented using a binary digital micromirror device. The study aims to investigate the spatial resolution and quantization achievable using this approach and its optimization based on the parameters of the target complex wave and the modulation error estimation. Based on a statistical analysis of the data, an algorithm for selecting parameters (carrier frequency of binary pattern and aperture for the first diffraction order filtering) that ensures the optimal quality of the modulated wavefront was developed. The algorithm takes into account the type of modulation, that is, amplitude, phase, or amplitude-phase, the size of the encoded distribution, and its requirements for spatial resolution and quantization. The results of the study will greatly contribute to the improvement of modulated wavefront quality in various applications with different requirements for spatial resolution and quantization.
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Zhang Z, Yin X, Liu Y, Wang Y, Xin X. Efficient sorting for an orbital angular momentum multiplexing communication link based on a digital micromirror device and a diffuser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:6203-6215. [PMID: 35209561 DOI: 10.1364/oe.447517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Efficient sorting multiple orbital angular momentum (OAM) spatial modes is a significant step in OAM multiplexing communications. Recently, wavefront shaping (WS) techniques have been implemented to manipulate light scattering through a diffuser. We reported a novel scheme for sorting multiplexed OAM modes faster and more accurately, using the complex amplitude WS based on a digital micromirror device (DMD) through a diffuser to shape the full field (phase and amplitude) of the OAM modes. In this study, we simulate this complex sorter for demultiplexing multiple modes and make a performance comparison with the previous sorter using the phase-only WS. Our results showed that for arbitrary two multiplexed modes, the sorter could achieve a high detection probability of more than 0.99. As the number of the multiplexed modes increases, the detection probability decreases to ∼0.82 when sorting seven modes, which contrasts the ∼0.71 of the phase-only sorters. We also experimentally verified the feasibility, that for arbitrary two modes, the sorter could reach a high detection probability of more than 0.99, and the complex sorter is capable of higher detection probability than the phase-only sorter under the same conditions. Hence, we anticipate that this sorter may potentially be demultiplexing multiple OAM spatial modes efficiently and quickly.
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Bouchet D, Rachbauer LM, Rotter S, Mosk AP, Bossy E. Optimal Control of Coherent Light Scattering for Binary Decision Problems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:253902. [PMID: 35029434 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.253902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Because of quantum noise fluctuations, the rate of error achievable in decision problems involving several possible configurations of a scattering system is subject to a fundamental limit known as the Helstrom bound. Here, we present a general framework to calculate and minimize this bound using coherent probe fields with tailored spatial distributions. As an example, we experimentally study a target located in between two disordered scattering media. We first show that the optimal field distribution can be directly identified using a general approach based on scattering matrix measurements. We then demonstrate that this optimal light field successfully probes the presence of the target with a number of photons that is reduced by more than 2 orders of magnitude as compared to unoptimized fields.
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- Dorian Bouchet
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Nanophotonics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science and Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Rothe S, Daferner P, Heide S, Krause D, Schmieder F, Koukourakis N, Czarske JW. Benchmarking analysis of computer generated holograms for complex wavefront shaping using pixelated phase modulators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:37602-37616. [PMID: 34808829 DOI: 10.1364/oe.434842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Wavefront shaping with spatial light modulators (SLMs) enables aberration correction, especially for light control through complex media, like biological tissues and multimode fibres. High-fidelity light field shaping is associated with the calculation of computer generated holograms (CGHs), of which there are a variety of algorithms. The achievable performance of CGH algorithms depends on various parameters. In this paper, four different algorithms for CGHs are presented and compared for complex light field generation. Two iterative, double constraint Gerchberg-Saxton and direct search, and the two analytical, superpixel and phase encoding, algorithms are investigated. For each algorithm, a parameter study is performed varying the modulator's pixel number and phase resolution. The analysis refers to mode field generation in multimode fibre endoscopes and communication. This enables generality by generating specific mode combinations according to certain spatial frequency power spectra. Thus, the algorithms are compared varying spatial frequencies applied to different implementation scenarios. Our results demonstrate that the choice of algorithms has a significant impact on the achievable performance. This comprehensive study provides the required guide for CGH algorithm selection, improving holographic systems towards multimode fibre endoscopy and communications.
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Chen J, Fu Z, Chen B, Chen SC. Fast 3D super-resolution imaging using a digital micromirror device and binary holography. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2021; 26:JBO-210193R. [PMID: 34775694 PMCID: PMC8590196 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.26.11.116502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE High-speed three-dimensional (3D) super-resolution microscopy is a unique tool to investigate various biological phenomena; yet the technology is not broadly adopted due to its high cost and complex system design. AIM We present a compact, low-cost, and high-speed 3D structured illumination microscopy (SIM) based on a digital micromirror device and binary holography to visualize fast biological events with super-resolution. APPROACH The 3D SIM uses a digital micromirror device to generate three laser foci with individually controllable positions, phases, and amplitudes via binary holography at the back aperture of objective lens to form optimal 3D structured patterns. Fifteen raw images are sequentially recorded and processed by the 3D SIM algorithm to reconstruct a super-resolved image. RESULTS Super-resolution 3D imaging at a speed of 26.7 frames per second is achieved with a lateral and axial resolution of 155 and 487 nm, which corresponds to a 1.65- and 1.63-times resolution enhancement, respectively, comparing with standard deconvolution microscopy. CONCLUSIONS The 3D SIM realizes fast super-resolution imaging with optimal 3D structured illumination, which may find important applications in biophotonics.
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- Jialong Chen
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Amjadian M, Mostafavi SM, Chen J, Kavehvash Z, Zhu J, Wang L. Super-Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy Using Structured-Illumination. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2021; 40:2197-2207. [PMID: 33856988 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2021.3073555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A novel super-resolution volumetric photoacoustic microscopy, based on the theory of structured-illumination, is proposed in this paper. The structured-illumination will be introduced in order to surpass the diffraction limit in a photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) structure. Through optical excitation of the targeted object with a sinusoidal spatial fringe pattern, the object's frequency spectrum is forced to shift in the spatial frequency domain. The shifting in the desired direction leads to the passage of the high-frequency contents of the object through the passband of the acoustic diffraction frequency response. Finally, combining the low-frequency image with the high-frequency parts in four regular orientations in the spatial frequency domain is equivalent to imaging the targeted object with an imaging system of two-fold bandwidth and thus half lateral resolution. In order to obtain the image of out-of-focus regions and improve the lateral resolution outside the focal region of a PAM imaging system, Fourier-domain reconstruction algorithm based on the synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) using the virtual detector concept is utilized for reduction in the required computational load and time. The performance of the proposed imaging system is validated with in vivo and ex vivo targets. The experimental results obtained from several tungsten filaments in the depth range of 1.2 mm, show an improvement of -6 dB lateral resolution from 55- [Formula: see text] to 25- [Formula: see text] and also an improvement of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from 16-22 dB to 27-33 dB in the proposed system.
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Wu D, Luo J, Huang G, Feng Y, Feng X, Zhang R, Shen Y, Li Z. Imaging biological tissue with high-throughput single-pixel compressive holography. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4712. [PMID: 34354073 PMCID: PMC8342474 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24990-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Single-pixel holography (SPH) is capable of generating holographic images with rich spatial information by employing only a single-pixel detector. Thanks to the relatively low dark-noise production, high sensitivity, large bandwidth, and cheap price of single-pixel detectors in comparison to pixel-array detectors, SPH is becoming an attractive imaging modality at wavelengths where pixel-array detectors are not available or prohibitively expensive. In this work, we develop a high-throughput single-pixel compressive holography with a space-bandwidth-time product (SBP-T) of 41,667 pixels/s, realized by enabling phase stepping naturally in time and abandoning the need for phase-encoded illumination. This holographic system is scalable to provide either a large field of view (~83 mm2) or a high resolution (5.80 μm × 4.31 μm). In particular, high-resolution holographic images of biological tissues are presented, exhibiting rich contrast in both amplitude and phase. This work is an important step towards multi-spectrum imaging using a single-pixel detector in biophotonics.
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- Daixuan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Labratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Labratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Labratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Labratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Labratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Labratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China.
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Yang W, Yuste R. Holographic Imaging and Stimulation of Neural Circuits. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1293:613-639. [PMID: 33398846 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8763-4_43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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A critical neuroscience challenge is the need to optically image and manipulate neural activity with high spatiotemporal resolution over large brain volumes. The last three decades have seen the development of calcium imaging to record activity from neuronal populations, as well as optochemistry and optogenetics to optically manipulate neural activity. These methods are typically implemented with wide-field or laser-scanning microscopes. While the former approach has a good temporal resolution, it generally lacks spatial resolution or specificity, particularly in scattering tissues such as the nervous system; meanwhile, the latter approach, particularly when combined with two-photon excitation, has high spatial resolution and specificity but poor temporal resolution. As a new technique, holographic microscopy combines the advantages of both approaches. By projecting a holographic pattern on the brain through a spatial light modulator, the activity of specific groups of neurons in 3D brain volumes can be imaged or stimulated with high spatiotemporal resolution. In a combination of other techniques such as fast scanning or temporal focusing, this high spatiotemporal resolution can be further improved. Holographic microscopy enables all-optical interrogating of neural activity in 3D, a critical tool to dissect the function of neural circuits.
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- Weijian Yang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Neurotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.,Donostia International Physics Center, DIPC, San Sebastian, Spain
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Cox MA, Drozdov AV. Converting a Texas Instruments DLP4710 DLP evaluation module into a spatial light modulator. APPLIED OPTICS 2021; 60:465-469. [PMID: 33448973 DOI: 10.1364/ao.412729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Digital micro-mirror devices (DMDs) are a popular alternative to liquid crystal spatial light modulators for laser beam shaping due to their relatively low cost, high speed, and polarization and wavelength independence. Here we describe in detail how to convert a low-cost digital light projector (DLP) evaluation module that uses a Texas Instruments DLP4710 DMD into a spatial light modulator using a 3D printed mount. The resulting device is shown to accurately shape Laguerre-Gauss modes, is able to operate in real-time over HDMI without modification with a 180 Hz hologram refresh rate, and has a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and diagonal screen size of 0.47 inches (11.9 mm).
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Wang Y, Li H, Hu Q, Chen R, Lv X, Zeng S. Extending the 3D scanning range of DMD-based scanners for femtosecond lasers. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:6639-6642. [PMID: 33325862 DOI: 10.1364/ol.409862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Digital micromirror devices (DMDs) have shown their potential in 2-photon imaging and microfabrication as diffractive scanners for femtosecond lasers. However, the scanning range of a DMD-based scanner is decreased by the spatial filter (SF) used to block undesired diffraction orders. Instead of an SF, we present a method of introducing and correcting aberration (ICA) to reduce the effects of these undesired diffraction orders. In ICA, aberrations are introduced by optical elements, and only the aberration of the desired diffraction order is corrected by adding a compensatory phase to the scanning phase. The scanning ranges in the y and z directions can be nearly doubled when the SF is removed. We demonstrate that ICA can be conveniently applied to a previously constructed DMD-based 2-photon microscope, and the field of view can be extended at different axial positions.
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Singh K, Tabebordbar N, Forbes A, Dudley A. Digital Stokes polarimetry and its application to structured light: tutorial. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2020; 37:C33-C44. [PMID: 33175729 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.397912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stokes polarimetry is a mature topic in optics, most commonly performed to extract the polarization structure of optical fields for a range of diverse applications. For historical reasons, most Stokes polarimetry approaches are based on static optical polarization components that must be manually adjusted, prohibiting automated, real-time analysis of fast changing fields. Here we provide a tutorial on performing Stokes polarimetry in an all-digital approach, exploiting a modern optical toolkit based on liquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light modulators and digital micromirror devices. We explain in a tutorial fashion how to implement two digital approaches, based on these two devices, for extracting Stokes parameters in a fast, cheap, and dynamic manner. After outlining the core concepts, we demonstrate their applicability to the modern topic of structured light, and highlight some common experimental issues. In particular, we illustrate how digital Stokes polarimetry can be used to measure key optical parameters such as the state of polarization, degree of vectorness, and intra-modal phase of complex light fields.
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Wang Y, Li H, Hu Q, Cheng X, Chen R, Lv X, Zeng S. Aberration-corrected three-dimensional non-inertial scanning for femtosecond lasers. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:29904-29917. [PMID: 33114879 DOI: 10.1364/oe.405532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Large aberrations are induced by non-collimated light when the convergence or divergence of the incident beam on the back-pupil plane of the objective lens is adjusted for 3D non-inertial scanning. These aberrations significantly degrade the focus quality and decrease the peak intensity of the femtosecond laser focal spot. Here, we describe an aberration-corrected 3D non-inertial scanning method for femtosecond lasers based on a digital micromirror device (DMD) that is used for both beam scanning and aberration correction. An imaging setup is used to detect the focal spot in the 3D space, and an iterative optimization algorithm is used to optimize the focal spot. We demonstrate the application of our proposed approach in two-photon imaging. With correction for the 200-µm out-of-focal plane, the optical axial resolution improves from 7.67 to 3.25 µm, and the intensity of the fluorescence signal exhibits an almost fivefold improvement when a 40× objective lens is used. This aberration-corrected 3D non-inertial scanning method for femtosecond lasers offers a new approach for a variety of potential applications, including nonlinear optical imaging, microfabrication, and optical storage.
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Hu J, Xie X, Shen Y. Quantitative phase imaging based on wavefront correction of a digital micromirror device. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:5036-5039. [PMID: 32932445 DOI: 10.1364/ol.402673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The strong need in materials and biological science has prompted the development of high-speed quantitative phase imaging. However, for phase retrieval applying digital micromirror devices (DMDs), the accuracy of the retrieved phase will be disturbed by the DMD-induced aberrations. Here, we propose a phase retrieval method based on measuring and correcting errors caused by phase non-uniformity of the device. Using only four binary amplitude masks and corresponding diffraction intensities, the proposed method achieves rapid convergence and high-quality reconstruction. The experiments prove the practical feasibility for general samples and the effective improvement of the retrieved phase accuracy.
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Mu CT, Chen CH. Diffractive distortion of a pixelated computer-generated hologram with oblique illumination. APPLIED OPTICS 2020; 59:7153-7159. [PMID: 32902477 DOI: 10.1364/ao.394650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Computer-generated holograms (CGHs) have their phase and/or amplitude modulation pattern calculated rather than recorded as for traditional holograms. In practice, the CGH devices are normally pixelated, no matter if they are passive or active ones. In many cases, the reconstruction light illuminates on the CGH devices obliquely, and the pattern generated on the target plane will be distorted from the originally desired one, even if the modulation on the CGH devices has been calibrated for the corresponding illumination angle in CGH calculation and optimization. The distortion is purely related to the diffraction behavior resulting from the geometry of the pixel on the CGH, and therefore diffractive distortion has been coined for this specific phenomenon. In this paper, quantitative analysis of diffractive distortion and a corresponding scheme for correction have been given based on scalar diffraction theory. The proposed concept is that the distortion of the reconstructed image is proportional to the distortion of the signal window. An experiment has been conducted with a phase-type liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator (SLM). Both the distortion analysis and the correction scheme have been verified quantitatively for various illumination angles and the direction of the reconstruction light.
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Ren M, Chen J, Chen D, Chen SC. Aberration-free 3D imaging via DMD-based two-photon microscopy and sensorless adaptive optics. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:2656-2659. [PMID: 32356846 DOI: 10.1364/ol.392947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In this Letter, we present a new, to our knowledge, aberration-free 3D imaging technique based on digital micromirror device (DMD)-based two-photon microscopy and sensorless adaptive optics (AO), where 3D random-access scanning and modal wavefront correction are realized using a single DMD chip at 22.7 kHz. Specifically, the DMD is simultaneously used as a deformable mirror to modulate a distorted wavefront and a fast scanner to maneuver the laser focus in a 3D space by designed binary holograms. As such, aberration-free 3D imaging is realized by superposing the wavefront correction and 3D scanning holograms. Compared with conventional AO devices and methods, the DMD system can apply optimal wavefront correction information to different imaging regions or even individual pixels without compromising the scanning speed and device resolution. In the experiments, we first focus the laser through a diffuser and apply sensorless AO to retrieve a corrected focus. After that, the DMD performs 3D scanning on a Drosophila brain labeled with green fluorescent protein. The two-photon imaging results, where optimal wavefront correction information is applied to 3×3 separate regions, demonstrate significantly improved resolution and image quality. The new DMD-based imaging solution presents a compact, low-cost, and effective solution for aberration-free two-photon deep tissue imaging, which may find important applications in the field of biophotonics.
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Manthalkar A, Nape I, Bordbar NT, Rosales-Guzmán C, Bhattacharya S, Forbes A, Dudley A. All-digital Stokes polarimetry with a digital micromirror device. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:2319-2322. [PMID: 32287223 DOI: 10.1364/ol.389346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stokes polarimetry is widely used to extract the polarization structure of optical fields, typically from six measurements, although it can be extracted from only four. To measure the required intensities, most approaches are based on optical polarization components. In this work, we present an all-digital approach that enables a rapid measure of all four intensities without any moving components. Our method employs a polarization grating (PG) to simultaneously project the incoming mode into left- and right-circular polarized states, followed by a polarization-insensitive digital micromirror device (DMD), which digitally introduces a phase retardance for the acquisition of the remaining two polarization states. We demonstrate how this technique can be applied to measuring the SoP, vectorness, and intramodal phase of optical fields, without any moving components, and shows excellent agreement with theory, illustrating fast, real-time polarimetry.
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Wen C, Feng F, Ren M, Somekh MG, Zhao N, Chen SC. Spatially resolved random-access pump-probe microscopy based on binary holography. OPTICS LETTERS 2019; 44:4083-4086. [PMID: 31415552 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.004083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this Letter, we present a spatially resolved pump-probe microscope based on a digital micromirror device (DMD). The microscope system enables the measurements of ultrafast transient processes at arbitrarily selected regions in a 3-D specimen. To achieve random-access scanning, the wavefront of the probe beam is modulated by the DMD via binary holography. By switching the holograms stored in the DMD memory, the laser focus can be rapidly moved in space in a discrete fashion. The microscope system has a field of view of 65×130×155 μm3 in the x, y, and z axes, respectively; and a scanning speed of 8 kHz which is limited by the response time of the lock-in amplifier. To demonstrate the pump-probe system, we measured the ultrafast transient reflectivity of 2-D gold patterns on a silicon substrate and on silicon nitride cantilever beams. The results show an excellent signal-to-noise ratio and spatial-temporal resolution, as well as the 3-D random scanning capability. The new pump-probe microscope is a versatile instrument to characterize ultrafast 3-D phenomena with high spatial and temporal resolution, e.g., the propagation of localized surface plasmon resonance on curved surfaces.
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Ultrafast multi-focus 3-D nano-fabrication based on two-photon polymerization. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2179. [PMID: 31097713 PMCID: PMC6522551 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10249-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Two-photon polymerization (TPP) is the most precise 3-D printing process that has been used to create many complex structures for advanced photonic and nanoscale applications. However, to date the technology still remains a laboratory tool due to its high operation cost and limited fabrication rate, i.e., serial laser scanning process. Here we present a revolutionary laser nanofabrication process based on TPP and an ultrafast random-access digital micromirror device (DMD) scanner. By exploiting binary holography, the DMD scanner can simultaneously generate and individually control one to tens of laser foci for parallel nanofabrication at 22.7 kHz. Complex 3-D trusses and woodpile structures have been fabricated via single or multi-focus processes, showing a resolution of ~500 nm. The nanofabrication system may be used for largescale nano-prototyping or creation of complex structures, e.g., overhanging structures, that cannot be easily fabricated via conventional raster-scanning-based systems, bringing significant impact to the world of nanomanufacturing. Two photon polymerization (TPP) allows nanofabrication of three dimensional objects with complex geometries, but is considered to be slow with a limited fabrication rate. Here the authors present a TPP technique based on a digital mirror device scanner which allows for fast parallel nanofabrication with improved precision and flexibility.
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Measurement of a Temperature Field Generated by a Synthetic Jet Actuator using Digital Holographic Interferometry. ACTUATORS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/act8010027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper shows the possibility of the measurement of a temperature field generated by heated fluid from a synthetic jet (SJ) actuator. Digital holographic interferometry (DHI) was the main measuring method used for the experiments. A single-projection DHI was used for the visualization of the temperature field as an average temperature along the optical axis. The DHI results are compared with data obtained from constant current anemometry (CCA) experiments for the validation of the method. Principle of 3D temperature distribution using a tomographic approach is also described in this paper. A single SJ actuator, multiple continual nozzle, and the SJ actuator with two output orifices are used as a testing device for the presented experiments. The experimental configuration can measure high-frequency synthetic jets with the use of a single slow-frame-rate camera. Due to the periodic character of the SJ flow, synchronization between the digital camera, and the external trigger driving the phenomenon is performed. This approach can also distinguish between periodic and random parts of the flow.
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Guo Y, Wang Y, Hu Q, Lv X, Zeng S. High-resolution femtosecond laser beam shaping via digital holography. OPTICS LETTERS 2019; 44:987-990. [PMID: 30768042 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.000987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We propose a method to achieve high-resolution femtosecond laser beam shaping (HR-FLBS) via digital holography based on a digital mirror device (DMD) and optimized optical design. By programming the hologram on the DMD, we captured several patterns such as light spots, decorated letters of "HUST" (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), and a series of concentric annuli whose fine structure approaches the optical diffraction limit. The experimental results confirm that the proposed method can shape the amplitude and phase of a femtosecond laser arbitrarily with high resolution.
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Marchesini S, Sakdinawat A. Shaping coherent x-rays with binary optics. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:907-917. [PMID: 30696169 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.000907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Diffractive lenses fabricated by lithographic methods are one of the most popular image forming optics in the x-ray regime. Most commonly, binary diffractive optics, such as Fresnel zone plates, are used due to their ability to focus at high resolution and to manipulate the x-ray wavefront. We report here a binary zone plate design strategy to form arbitrary illuminations for coherent multiplexing, structured illumination, and wavefront shaping experiments. Given a desired illumination, we adjust the duty cycle, harmonic order, and zone placement to vary both the amplitude and phase of the wavefront at the lens. This enables the binary lithographic pattern to generate arbitrary structured illumination optimized for a variety of applications such as holography, interferometry, ptychography, imaging, and others.
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Liu Y, Suo J, Zhang Y, Dai Q. Single-pixel phase and fluorescence microscope. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:32451-32462. [PMID: 30645412 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.032451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Multimodal microscopes either use multiple cameras or a single camera to multiplex different modes spatially. The former needs expertise demanding alignment and the latter suffers from limited spatial resolution. Here, we report an alignment-free full-resolution simultaneous fluorescence and phase imaging approach using single-pixel detectors. By combining reference-free interferometry with single-pixel imaging scheme, we employ structured illumination to encode the phase and fluorescence of the sample into two single-pixel detection arms, and then conduct reconstruction computationally from the illumination patterns and recorded correlated measurements. The recovered fluorescence and phase images are inherently aligned thanks to single-pixel imaging scheme. To validate the proposed method, we built a proof-of-concept setup for first imaging the phase of an etched glass with given etching depth and then imaging the phase and fluorescence of the quantum dot sample. This method holds great potential for multispectral fluorescence microscopy with additional single-pixel detectors or a spectrometer. Besides, this cost-efficient multimodal system might find broad applications in biomedical science and material science.
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González H, Martínez-León L, Soldevila F, Araiza-Esquivel M, Lancis J, Tajahuerce E. High sampling rate single-pixel digital holography system employing a DMD and phase-encoded patterns. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:20342-20350. [PMID: 30119345 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.020342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A single-pixel digital holography system with phase-encoded illumination using a digital micromirror device (DMD) as a spatial light modulator (SLM) is presented. The enhanced switching rate of DMDs, far exceeding the stringent frame-rate of liquid crystal SLMs, allows recording and reconstruction of complex amplitude distributions in just a few seconds. A single amplitude binary modulation device is used for concurrently displaying the phase-encoded sampling patterns, compensating the distortion of the wavefront, and applying phase-shifting, by means of computer generated holograms. Our detection system consists of a simple photodiode that sequentially records the irradiance fluctuations corresponding to the interference between object and reference beams. The system recovers phase and amplitude information even when a diffuser is placed in front of the photodiode.
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Yang W, Yuste R. Holographic imaging and photostimulation of neural activity. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2018; 50:211-221. [PMID: 29660600 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Optical imaging methods are powerful tools in neuroscience as they can systematically monitor the activity of neuronal populations with high spatiotemporal resolution using calcium or voltage indicators. Moreover, caged compounds and optogenetic actuators enable to optically manipulate neural activity. Among optical methods, computer-generated holography offers an enormous flexibility to sculpt the excitation light in three-dimensions (3D), particularly when combined with two-photon light sources. By projecting holographic light patterns on the sample, the activity of multiple neurons across a 3D brain volume can be simultaneously imaged or optically manipulated with single-cell precision. This flexibility makes two-photon holographic microscopy an ideal all-optical platform to simultaneously read and write activity in neuronal populations in vivo in 3D, a critical ability to dissect the function of neural circuits.
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- Weijian Yang
- Neurotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Neurotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Recent advances in the physics and technology of light generation via free-electron proximity and impact interactions with nanostructures (gratings, photonic crystals, nano-undulators, metamaterials and antenna arrays) have enabled the development of nanoscale-resolution techniques for such applications as mapping plasmons, studying nanoparticle structural transformations and characterizing luminescent materials (including time-resolved measurements). Here, we introduce a universal approach allowing generation of light with prescribed wavelength, direction, divergence and topological charge via point-excitation of holographic plasmonic metasurfaces. It is illustrated using medium-energy free-electron injection to generate highly-directional visible to near-infrared light beams, at selected wavelengths in prescribed azimuthal and polar directions, with brightness two orders of magnitude higher than that from an unstructured surface, and vortex beams with topological charge up to ten. Such emitters, with micron-scale dimensions and the freedom to fully control radiation parameters, offer novel applications in nano-spectroscopy, nano-chemistry and sensing. Controlling the generation of light in nano-scale systems is a challenging task and is of growing importance. Here, Li et al. propose a means of controlling the wavefront of light emanating from a single nano scale emitter by holographic principles using a plasmonic metasurface.
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Bosch J, Goorden SA, Mosk AP. Frequency width of open channels in multiple scattering media. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:26472-26478. [PMID: 27857380 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.026472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report optical measurements of the spectral width of open transmission channels in a three-dimensional diffusive medium. The light transmission through a sample is enhanced by efficiently coupling to open transmission channels using repeated digital optical phase conjugation. The spectral properties are investigated by enhancing the transmission, fixing the incident wavefront and scanning the wavelength of the laser. We measure the transmitted field to extract the field correlation function and the enhancement of the total transmission. We find that optimizing the total transmission leads to a significant increase in the frequency width of the field correlation function. Additionally we find that the enhanced transmission persists over an even larger frequency bandwidth. This result shows open channels in the diffusive regime are spectrally much wider than previous measurements in the localized regime suggest.
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Zupancic P, Preiss PM, Ma R, Lukin A, Eric Tai M, Rispoli M, Islam R, Greiner M. Ultra-precise holographic beam shaping for microscopic quantum control. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:13881-93. [PMID: 27410551 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.013881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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High-resolution addressing of individual ultracold atoms, trapped ions or solid state emitters allows for exquisite control in quantum optics experiments. This becomes possible through large aperture magnifying optics that project microscopic light patterns with diffraction limited performance. We use programmable amplitude holograms generated on a digital micromirror device to create arbitrary microscopic beam shapes with full phase and amplitude control. The system self-corrects for aberrations of up to several λ and reduces them to λ/50, leading to light patterns with a precision on the 10-4 level. We demonstrate aberration-compensated beam shaping in an optical lattice experiment and perform single-site addressing in a quantum gas microscope for 87Rb.
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Papageorge AT, Kollár AJ, Lev BL. Coupling to modes of a near-confocal optical resonator using a digital light modulator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:11447-11457. [PMID: 27410072 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.011447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Digital micromirror devices (DMD) provide a robust platform with which to implement digital holography, in principle providing the means to rapidly generate propagating transverse electromagnetic fields with arbitrary mode profiles at visible and IR wavelengths. We use a DMD to probe a Fabry-Pérot cavity in single-mode and near-degenerate confocal configurations. Pumping arbitrary modes of the cavity is possible with excellent specificity by virtue of the spatial overlap between the incident light field and the cavity mode.
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Anzuola E, Belmonte A. Generation of atmospheric wavefronts using binary micromirror arrays. APPLIED OPTICS 2016; 55:3039-3044. [PMID: 27139872 DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.003039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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To simulate in the laboratory the influence that a turbulent atmosphere has on light beams, we introduce a practical method for generating atmospheric wavefront distortions that considers digital holographic reconstruction using a programmable binary micromirror array. We analyze the efficiency of the approach for different configurations of the micromirror array and experimentally demonstrate the benchtop technique. Though the mirrors on the digital array can only be positioned in one of two states, we show that the holographic technique can be used to devise a wide variety of atmospheric wavefront aberrations in a controllable and predictable way for a fraction of the cost of phase-only spatial light modulators.
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Cheng J, Gu C, Zhang D, Wang D, Chen SC. Ultrafast axial scanning for two-photon microscopy via a digital micromirror device and binary holography. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:1451-1454. [PMID: 27192259 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.001451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this Letter, we present an ultrafast nonmechanical axial scanning method for two-photon excitation (TPE) microscopy based on binary holography using a digital micromirror device (DMD), achieving a scanning rate of 4.2 kHz, scanning range of ∼180 μm, and scanning resolution (minimum step size) of ∼270 nm. Axial scanning is achieved by projecting the femtosecond laser to a DMD programmed with binary holograms of spherical wavefronts of increasing/decreasing radii. To guide the scanner design, we have derived the parametric relationships between the DMD parameters (i.e., aperture and pixel size), and the axial scanning characteristics, including (1) maximum optical power, (2) minimum step size, and (3) scan range. To verify the results, the DMD scanner is integrated with a custom-built TPE microscope that operates at 60 frames per second. In the experiment, we scanned a pollen sample via both the DMD scanner and a precision z-stage. The results show the DMD scanner generates images of equal quality throughout the scanning range. The overall efficiency of the TPE system was measured to be ∼3%. With the high scanning rate, the DMD scanner may find important applications in random-access imaging or high-speed volumetric imaging that enables visualization of highly dynamic biological processes in 3D with submillisecond temporal resolution.
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Cheng J, Gu C, Zhang D, Chen SC. High-speed femtosecond laser beam shaping based on binary holography using a digital micromirror device. OPTICS LETTERS 2015; 40:4875-4878. [PMID: 26512472 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.004875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this Letter, we present a digital micromirror device (DMD)-based ultrafast beam shaper, i.e., DUBS. To our knowledge, the DUBS is the first binary laser beam shaper that can generate high-resolution (1140×912 pixels) arbitrary beam modes for femtosecond lasers at a rate of 4.2 kHz; the resolution and pattern rate are limited by the DMD. In the DUBS, the spectrum of the input pulsed laser is first angularly dispersed by a transmission grating and subsequently imaged to a DMD with beam modulation patterns; the transmission grating and a high-reflectivity mirror together compensate the angular dispersion introduced by the DMD. The mode of the output beam is monitored by a CCD camera. In the experiments, the DUBS is programmed to generate four different beam modes, including an Airy beam, Bessel beam, Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beam, and a custom-designed "peace-dove" beam via the principle of binary holography. To verify the high shaping rate, the Airy beam and LG beam are generated alternately at 4.2 kHz, i.e., the maximum pattern rate of our DMD. The overall efficiency of the DUBS is measured to be 4.7%. With the high-speed and high-resolution beam-shaping capability, the DUBS may find important applications in nonlinear microscopy, optical manipulation, and microscale/nanoscale laser machining, etc.
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Gu C, Chang Y, Zhang D, Cheng J, Chen SC. Femtosecond laser pulse shaping at megahertz rate via a digital micromirror device. OPTICS LETTERS 2015; 40:4018-4021. [PMID: 26368701 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.004018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this Letter, we present a scanner and digital micromirror device (DMD)-based ultrafast pulse shaper, i.e., S-DUPS, for programmable ultrafast pulse modulation, achieving a shaping rate of 2 MHz. To our knowledge, the S-DUPS is the fastest programmable pulse shaper reported to date. In the S-DUPS, the frequency spectrum of the input pulsed laser is first spread horizontally, and then mapped to a thin stripe on the DMD programmed with phase modulation patterns. A galvanometric scanner, synchronized with the DMD, subsequently scans the spectrum vertically on the DMD to achieve a shaping rate up to 10 s MHz. A grating pair and a cylindrical lens in front of the DMD compensate for the temporal and spatial dispersion of the system. To verify the concept, experiments were conducted with the DMD and the galvanometric scanner operated at 2 kHz and 1 kHz, respectively, achieving a 2 MHz speed for continuous group velocity dispersion tuning, as well as 2% efficiency. Up to 5% efficiency of S-DUPS can be expected with high efficiency gratings and optical components of proper coatings.
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Gu C, Zhang D, Chang Y, Chen SC. Digital micromirror device-based ultrafast pulse shaping for femtosecond laser. OPTICS LETTERS 2015; 40:2870-2873. [PMID: 26076283 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.002870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this Letter, we present a new digital micromirror device (DMD)-based ultrafast pulse shaper, i.e., DUPS. To the best of our knowledge, the DUPS is the first binary pulse shaper that can modulate high repetition rate laser sources at up to a 32 kHz rate (limited by the DMD pattern rate). Since pulse modulation occurs in the frequency domain through reflective two-dimensional micromirror arrays, i.e., DMD, the DUPS is not only compact and low in cost, but also possesses a high damage threshold that is critical for high pulse energy laser applications. In this work, a grating pair was introduced in the DUPS to compensate the DMD induced dispersion. Double pulses were generated to validate the effectiveness of the DUPS and calibrate the system. Subsequently, we demonstrated arbitrary phase shaping capability by continuous tuning of group velocity dispersion (GVD) and modulation of half-spectrum shifted by π. The overall efficiency was measured to be 1.7%, while an efficiency of up to 5% can be expected when high efficiency gratings and properly coated DMDs are used.
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Goorden SA, Bertolotti J, Mosk AP. Superpixel-based spatial amplitude and phase modulation using a digital micromirror device. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:17999-8009. [PMID: 25089419 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.017999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We present a superpixel method for full spatial phase and amplitude control of a light beam using a digital micromirror device (DMD) combined with a spatial filter. We combine square regions of nearby micromirrors into superpixels by low pass filtering in a Fourier plane of the DMD. At each superpixel we are able to independently modulate the phase and the amplitude of light, while retaining a high resolution and the very high speed of a DMD. The method achieves a measured fidelity F = 0.98 for a target field with fully independent phase and amplitude at a resolution of 8 × 8 pixels per diffraction limited spot. For the LG10 orbital angular momentum mode the calculated fidelity is F = 0.99993, using 768 × 768 DMD pixels. The superpixel method reduces the errors when compared to the state of the art Lee holography method for these test fields by 50% and 18%, with a comparable light efficiency of around 5%. Our control software is publicly available.
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Tripathi S, Toussaint KC. Harnessing randomness to control the polarization of light transmitted through highly scattering media. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:4412-22. [PMID: 24663764 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.004412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We show that the multiple scattering events taking place inside a highly scattering medium, in conjunction with wavefront shaping, can be used to control the state of polarization of the light transmitted through a highly scattering medium. This control is achieved by using the intensity, phase, and polarization changing behavior of a scattering medium captured by a vector transmission matrix (VTM). We use a single beam incident upon a scattering medium to measure the absolute value of the VTM elements, in contrast to the multiple beams required in our previously reported approach. Further, the phase-only spatial light modulator based on a low-cost (< US$600) deformable micro-mirror array used in our work will make similar experiments accessible to other researchers.
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Cai W, Zhou P, Zhao C, Burge JH. Analysis of wavefront errors introduced by encoding computer-generated holograms. APPLIED OPTICS 2013; 52:8324-8331. [PMID: 24513834 DOI: 10.1364/ao.52.008324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The fabrication of computer-generated holograms (CGH) by e-beam or laser-writing machine specifically requires using polygon segments to approximate the continuously smooth fringe pattern of an ideal CGH. Wavefront phase errors introduced in this process depend on the size of the polygon segments and the shape of the fringes. In this paper, we propose a method for estimating the wavefront error and its spatial frequency, allowing optimization of the polygon sizes for required measurement accuracy. This method is validated with computer simulation and direct measurements from an interferometer.
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Tripathi S, Toussaint KC. Quantitative control over the intensity and phase of light transmitted through highly scattering media. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:25890-25900. [PMID: 24216815 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.025890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate the use of the transmission matrix (TM) to quantitatively control the amplitude and phase of the light transmitted through highly scattering media. This is achieved by measuring the absolute value of the TM elements. We also use the fact that the cross-correlations between the contributions of different input channels at the observation plane is important in describing the transmitted optical field. In addition, we demonstrate both quantitative control of the intensity at multiple output spatial modes, each with a different intensity, as well as a "dark" area of low intensity. Our experiments are carried out using a low cost (less than US$600) spatial binary amplitude modulator that we modify for phase-only operation, as well as a novel optical setup that enables independent control of a reference and control signal while maintaining interferometric stability. The optical implementation used in this paper will make such experiments widely accessible to many researchers. Furthermore, the results presented could serve as the foundation for many useful potential applications ranging from the biomedical sciences to optical communications.
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Gao N, Li H, Zhu X, Hua Y, Xie C. Quasi-periodic gratings: diffraction orders accelerate along curves. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:2829-2831. [PMID: 23903154 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.002829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Light diffracting to different diffraction orders of a periodic grating generally propagates along a set of straight trajectories. Here we show that certain quasi-periodic gratings can produce curved diffraction orders. These curved lobes are created by the caustic interference of the originally straight diffraction orders and manifest themselves as accelerating beams. Both numerical simulations and experimental results demonstrate the validity of multiple accelerating beam generation with a single binary grating. Our work makes a quantitative link between the quasi-periodicity of a grating and the resulting caustic diffraction orders. Furthermore, the use of binary devices has important applications in acoustics, x-ray optics, and electron beam engineering and is also useful when high optical power is needed.
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- Nan Gao
- Key Laboratory of Microelectronics Devices & Integrated Technology, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gao N, Xie C. Experimental demonstration of free-space optical vortex transmutation with polygonal lenses. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:3255-3257. [PMID: 22859150 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Vortex transmutation was predicted to take place when vortices interact with systems possessing discrete rotational symmetries of finite order [Phys. Rev. Lett.95, 123901 (2005)]. Here we report what is believed to be the first experimental demonstration of vortex transmutation. We show that in free space, by simply inserting polygonal lenses into the optical path, the central vorticity of a coaxially incident optical vortex can be changed following the modular transmutation rule. We generate the wavefront at the exit face of the lenses with computer generated holograms and measure the output vorticity using the interference patterns at the focal plane. The results agree well with theoretical predictions.
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- Nan Gao
- Key Laboratory of Nano-Fabrication and Novel Devices Integrated Technology, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Ulusoy E, Onural L, Ozaktas HM. Synthesis of three-dimensional light fields with binary spatial light modulators. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2011; 28:1211-1223. [PMID: 21643407 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.28.001211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Computation of a binary spatial light modulator (SLM) pattern that generates a desired light field is a challenging quantization problem for which several algorithms have been proposed, mainly for far-field or Fourier plane reconstructions. We study this problem assuming that the desired light field is synthesized within a volumetric region in the non-far-field range after free space propagation from the SLM plane. We use Fresnel and Rayleigh-Sommerfeld scalar diffraction theories for propagation of light. We show that, when the desired field is confined to a sufficiently narrow region of space, the ideal gray-level complex-valued SLM pattern generating it becomes sufficiently low pass (oversampled) so it can be successfully halftoned into a binary SLM pattern by solving two decoupled real-valued constrained halftoning problems. Our simulation results indicate that, when the synthesis region is considered, the binary SLM is indistinguishable from a lower resolution full complex gray-level SLM. In our approach, free space propagation related computations are done only once at the beginning, and the rest of the computation time is spent on carrying out standard image halftoning.
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- Erdem Ulusoy
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, TR-06800 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
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Lee R. Generalized Curvilinear Diffraction Gratings: I. Image diffraction patterns. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/716099625a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- R.A. Lee
- a CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, P.O. Box 4331, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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Takaki Y, Yokouchi M, Okada N. Improvement of grayscale representation of the horizontally scanning holographic display. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:24926-24936. [PMID: 21164837 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.024926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The horizontally scanning holographic display has increased viewing angle and display screen size as compared to conventional holographic displays. Elementary holograms, which are generated by a high-speed SLM and projected by an anamorphic imaging system, are aligned horizontally by a galvano mirror. When the frame rate of the SLM is high, the width of the elementary holograms becomes several times as large as their horizontal display pitch so that several sets of elementary holograms can be displayed. A laser is modulated to illuminate different elementary hologram sets by different laser powers. The grayscale representation of reconstructed images is improved by properly designing the elementary hologram sets and the illumination laser powers.
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- Yasuhiro Takaki
- Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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