• 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.
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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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