Jones phase microscopy of transparent and anisotropic samples.
We developed an interferometric microscopy technique, referred to as Jones phase microscopy, capable of extracting the spatially resolved Jones polarization matrix associated with transparent and anisotropic samples. This is a generalization of quantitative phase imaging, which is recovered from one diagonal element of the measured matrix. The principle of the technique is demonstrated with measurements of a liquid crystal spatial light modulator and the potential for live cell imaging with experiments on live neurons in culture.
Wang
Zhuo
Z
Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Millet
Larry J
LJ
Gillette
Martha U
MU
Popescu
Gabriel
G
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D016880:Anisotropy; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D051381:Rats
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