• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 3, 030501 (2025)
Qingyang Yue1,2,3, Hao Ma1,2,3, Yabo Han1,2,3, Hongyi Huang1,2,3..., Xianlong Liu1,2,3, Yang Yang1,2,3,* and Chengshan Guo1,2,3|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulation and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • 3Joint Research Center of Light Manipulation Science and Photonic Integrated Chip of East China Normal University and Shandong Normal University, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.030501 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Qingyang Yue, Hao Ma, Yabo Han, Hongyi Huang, Xianlong Liu, Yang Yang, Chengshan Guo, "Microsphere-assisted single-shot polarization holographic microscopy for quantitative birefringence imaging of dynamic samples," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 030501 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose a method for realizing single-shot high-resolved quantitative birefringence microscopy by extending microsphere-assisted microscopy into polarization holographic microscopy. Based on our proposed imaging system and reconstruction algorithm, we are capable of simultaneously realizing high-resolved polarization holographic imaging and quantitative measurement of 2D birefringence information of dynamic samples. We demonstrated our proposed method by quantitatively imaging a birefringence resolution target, whose resolution (0.71 µm) exceeds the resolution limit of a microscope objective with a numerical aperture of 0.25. Experimental results of rotating holographic diffraction grating with 500 lp/mm further demonstrated the feasibility of our method in birefringence imaging of dynamic samples.
    J=[JxxJxyJyxJyy]=a0[cosθsinθsinθcosθ][eiφ/200eiφ/2][cosθsinθsinθcosθ],

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    [EtxEty]=A0Um(x,y)[JxxJxyJyxJyy][1i],

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    [EtxEty]=A0a0Um(x,y)[cos(φ2)+isin(φ2)cos(2θ)sin(φ2)sin(2θ)icos(φ2)+sin(φ2)cos(2θ)+isin(φ2)sin(2θ)].

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    [RxRy]=R0[exp{j2πλ[xcosαycos(β2)]}exp{j2πλ[xcosα+ycos(β2)]}],

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    Ih=|(EtxEty)+(RxRy)|2=|Etx|2+|Ety|2+|Rx|2+|Ry|2+R0Etxexp{j2πλ[xcosαycos(β2)]}+R0Etxexp{j2πλ[xcosαycos(β2)]}+R0Etyexp{j2πλ[xcosα+ycos(β2)]}+R0Etyexp{j2πλ[xcosα+ycos(β2)]}.

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    {E^tx=Etx/Etx0E^ty=iEty/Ety0,

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    Λ=E^tx+iE^tyE^ty+iE^tx=tan(φ2)exp(i2θ).

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    Qingyang Yue, Hao Ma, Yabo Han, Hongyi Huang, Xianlong Liu, Yang Yang, Chengshan Guo, "Microsphere-assisted single-shot polarization holographic microscopy for quantitative birefringence imaging of dynamic samples," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 030501 (2025)
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