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Area of Science:

  • Optical Engineering
  • Biomedical Optics
  • Interferometry

Background:

  • Traditional interferometric devices can be complex and sensitive to environmental factors.
  • The sampling field sensor (SFS) was previously reported as a novel interferometric device.
  • Integrating advanced optical sensing with microscopy requires robust and accurate interfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe an improved implementation of the sampling field sensor (SFS).
  • To demonstrate simultaneous acquisition of X, Y, and XY shearing interferometric data with amplitude and polarization information.
  • To showcase the SFS's utility as a full-field optical-digital interface in a biological imaging context.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a common-path, time-multiplexed phase-shifting interferometric configuration.
  • Implemented space multiplexing for simultaneous X, Y, and XY shearing information.
  • Integrated the SFS as a focal plane array in a transmitted-light microscope setup.

Main Results:

  • Achieved ~lambda/125 phase estimation repeatability, below the coherent noise floor (~lambda/50).
  • Acquired simultaneous phase, amplitude, and polarization images.
  • Demonstrated qualitative imaging of human cheek cells and C. elegans larvae.

Conclusions:

  • The improved SFS is a compact, vibration-insensitive, and accurate interferometric device.
  • The SFS serves as an efficient, robust optical-digital interface for imaging systems.
  • The sensor effectively visualizes phase, amplitude, and polarization in biological specimens.