Diffraction tomography with Fourier ptychography

This paper presents a technique to image the complex index of refraction of a sample across three dimensions. The only required hardware is a standard microscope and an array of LEDs. The method, termed Fourier ptychographic tomography (FPT), first captures a sequence of intensity-only images of a s...

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Published in:Optica 2016-08, Vol.3 (8), p.827-835
Main Authors: Horstmeyer, Roarke, Chung, Jaebum, Ou, Xiaoze, Zheng, Guoan, Yang, Changhuei
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Language:English
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Summary:This paper presents a technique to image the complex index of refraction of a sample across three dimensions. The only required hardware is a standard microscope and an array of LEDs. The method, termed Fourier ptychographic tomography (FPT), first captures a sequence of intensity-only images of a sample under angularly varying illumination. Then, using principles from ptychography and diffraction tomography, it computationally solves for the sample structure in three dimensions. The experimental microscope demonstrates a lateral spatial resolution of 0.39 μm and an axial resolution of 3.7 μm at the Nyquist-Shannon sampling limit (0.54 and 5.0 μm at the Sparrow limit, respectively) across a total imaging depth of 110 μm. Unlike competing methods, this technique quantitatively measures the volumetric refractive index of primarily transparent and contiguous sample features without the need for interferometry or any moving parts. Wide field-of-view reconstructions of thick biological specimens suggest potential applications in pathology and developmental biology.
ISSN:2334-2536
2334-2536
DOI:10.1364/OPTICA.3.000827