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Three-dimensional Optical-resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy
Published on: May 3, 2011
Polarization-independent imaging with an acousto-optic tandem system
Konstantin B Yushkov1, Samuel Dupont, Jean-Claude Kastelik
1M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Physics, 119991 Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1, Russia.
Abstract:
We propose a method for filtering convergent light beams with arbitrary polarization. For this purpose, a tandem of similar acousto-optic tunable filters was applied. Owing to the special mutual orientation of the cells, two coincident beams with ordinary and extraordinary polarizations were diffracted by the first crystal and the second crystal, respectively.
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