Correlation plenoptic imaging for microscopy applications

Anno: 2020

Autori: Scagliola A., Di Lena F., Garuccio A., D’Angelo M., Pepe FV.

Affiliazione autori: ‎Univ Bari, Dipartimento Interuniv Fis, I-70126 Bari, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy;‎ Ist Nazl Ott INO CNR, I-50125 Florence, Italy

Abstract: Plenoptic microscopy is a promising technique which allows refocusing and depth-of-field enhancement, in post-processing, as well as scanning free 3D imaging. However, in its conventional implementation, spatial resolution is highly sacrificed and cannot reach the diffraction limit set by the numerical aperture of the imaging system. We recently proposed a novel method, named Correlation Plenoptic Imaging (CPI), based on measuring intensity correlation of either chaotic or entangled photon light sources. However, such protocols are not well suited for microscopic purposes: they cannot be employed with scattering or fluorescent samples and are extremely sensitive to diffusive effects. Here we consider and compare novel CPI protocols which overcome these problems and enable to perform plenoptic microscopy at the diffraction limit for generic samples; we present both theory and simulations, discuss the improved robustness with respect to previous protocols against turbulence around the sample, and highlight the physical limits of the proposed technique.

Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICS LETTERS A

Volume: 384 (19)      Da Pagina: 126472-1  A: 126472-8

Maggiori informazioni: This work was supported by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) project “PICS – Plenoptic Imaging with Correlations” and by PON ARS 01_00141 “CLOSE – Close to Earth” of Ministero dell´Istruzione, dell´Universita e della ricerca (MIUR). The authors are grateful to Yanhua Shih and Giuliano Scarcelli for discussions on the topic.
Parole chiavi: Quantum optics; 3D microscopy; Plenoptic imaging; Correlations of light
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2020.126472

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