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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Microscopy Techniques
    • Biophysics

    Background:

    • Traditional microscopy struggles with simultaneous 3D localization and polarization analysis.
    • Spiral phase engineering enables rotating point spread functions (PSFs) for snapshot 3D localization.
    • High-numerical-aperture (NA) microscopy demands advanced PSF designs.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present an improved rotating PSF design for high-NA microscopy.
    • To enable simultaneous encoding of 3D location and polarization state of point emitters.
    • To provide a vector-field analysis of the proposed PSF.

    Main Methods:

    • Developing an improved rotating PSF design using spiral phase engineering.
    • Performing approximate vector-field analysis of the PSF.
    • Conducting numerical simulations with Poisson shot noise.

    Main Results:

    • The improved PSF design allows joint localization and polarization determination of point sources.
    • Analysis of PSF rotation angle and spatial form provides 3D location and dipole orientation.
    • Simulations demonstrate recovery of 3D location and dipole orientation under noisy conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed rotating PSF offers a powerful tool for snapshot 3D localization and polarization analysis.
    • This technique enhances capabilities in high-NA microscopy for analyzing light emitters.
    • The method shows promise for detailed characterization of point sources in 3D space.