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Xiaoze Ou1, Jaebum Chung1, Roarke Horstmeyer1
1Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
Abstract:
Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) is implemented through aperture scanning by an LCOS spatial light modulator at the back focal plane of the objective lens. This FPM configuration enables the capturing of the complex scattered field for a 3D sample both in the transmissive mode and the reflective mode. We further show that by combining with the compressive sensing theory, the reconstructed 2D complex scattered field can be used to recover the 3D sample scattering density. This implementation expands the scope of application for FPM and can be beneficial for areas such as tissue imaging and wafer inspection.
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