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    • Microscopy
    • Optical Imaging

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    • Second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy is valuable for label-free imaging of biological tissues.
    • Traditional SHG microscopy methods, like raster scanning, can be slow, limiting dynamic studies.
    • Polarization measurements in SHG provide crucial information about molecular orientation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel, fast polarization-sensitive second-harmonic generation microscopy (OI-PSHG) technique.
    • To enable simultaneous wide-field imaging and polarization measurements for enhanced SHG microscopy.
    • To resolve the 3D molecular orientation of biological structures with high temporal resolution.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of off-axis interferometry (OI) for recording complex SHG fields.
    • Acquisition of wide-field SHG images with integrated polarization measurements.
    • Utilizing polarization-resolved SHG holograms for 3D molecular orientation analysis.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated a significantly higher imaging frame rate compared to raster scanning SHG microscopy.
    • Achieved 3D molecular orientation resolution for tendon collagen fibrils and muscle myosin.
    • Acquisition time of 0.01 s for a 128x128 pixel image, a 16-fold speed increase over scanning methods.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed OI-PSHG method provides a foundation for high-speed, polarization-sensitive SHG microscopy.
    • This technique facilitates advanced imaging applications, including complex deconvolution and harmonic tomography.
    • OI-PSHG offers a powerful tool for studying dynamic biological processes at the molecular level.