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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Materials Science

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    • Optical Diffraction Tomography (ODT) enables label-free 3D imaging of transparent samples.
    • Conventional ODT methods often suffer from image artifacts due to illumination control limitations.
    • Existing techniques using binary holograms on digital micromirror devices (DMDs) can introduce unwanted diffracted beams, degrading image quality.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel time-multiplexing structured illumination control technique for ODT.
    • To overcome the limitations of previous methods in eliminating unwanted diffracted beams from DMD patterns.
    • To enhance the 3D refractive index reconstruction accuracy and image quality in ODT.

    Main Methods:

    • Employed time-multiplexed sinusoidal illumination patterns generated by a digital micromirror device (DMD).
    • Avoided physical tilting of the illumination angle, instead using temporal modulation of illumination patterns.
    • Successfully eliminated spurious diffracted beams inherent in binary DMD patterns.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated the feasibility of the time-multiplexing structured illumination technique in ODT.
    • Achieved significantly improved image quality compared to the conventional binary Lee hologram method.
    • Successfully reconstructed 3D refractive index distributions of various samples with high fidelity.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed time-multiplexing illumination control is an effective strategy for enhancing ODT.
    • This method offers a superior alternative to conventional techniques for high-quality 3D refractive index mapping.
    • The technique holds promise for advanced label-free imaging applications in science and medicine.