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Structured illumination microscopy with a phase-modulated spinning disk for optical sectioning

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Youchang Zhang
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Parisa Asghari
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David R.L. Scriven
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Edwin D.W. Moore
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Keng C. Chou *
DOI:10.1364/OL.494655delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Among various super-resolution microscopic techniques, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) stands out for live-cell imaging because of its higher imaging speed. However, conventional SIM lacks optical sectioning capability. Here we demonstrate a new, to the best of our knowledge, approach using a phase-modulated spinning disk (PMSD) that enhances the optical sectioning capability of SIM. The PMSD consists of a pinhole array for confocal imaging and a transparent polymer layer for light phase modulation. The light phase modulation was designed to cancel the zeroth order diffracted beam and create a sharp lattice illumination pattern using the interference of four first-order diffracted beams. In the detection optical path, the PMSD serves as a spatial filter to physically reject about 80% of the out-of focus signals, an approach that allows for real-time optical reconstruction of super-resolved images with enhanced contrast. Furthermore, the simplicity of the design makes it easy to upgrade a conventional fluorescence microscope to a PMSD SIM system. & COPY; 2023 Optica Publishing Group
Keywords:
DIFFRACTION-LIMIT
SUPERRESOLUTION
RESOLUTION
POLARIZATION

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Optics Letters cover
Optics Letters
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3.3
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Citations:
7.6W

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University of British Columbia
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