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    Area of Science:

    • Biophotonics and Imaging
    • Microscopy Techniques
    • Optical Engineering

    Background:

    • Airy light sheets offer advantages like large field of view (FOV), thin optical sectioning, and high axial resolution.
    • Compact illumination systems are crucial for efficient Airy light-sheet fluorescence microscope design.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate the implementation of Airy light sheets using a volume holographic grating (VHG) in microscopy.
    • To evaluate the field of view (FOV) and axial resolution of the VHG-based Airy light-sheet fluorescence microscope.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of Airy light sheets using a compact volume holographic grating (VHG).
    • Imaging of ex-vivo fluorescently labeled Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) embryos.
    • Application of Richardson-Lucy deconvolution for image contrast enhancement and comparison of deconvolution parameters.

    Main Results:

    • The VHG-based Airy light-sheet fluorescence microscope achieved a field of view (FOV) of 196 µm.
    • An axial resolution of 3 µm was obtained.
    • The VHG effectively replaced spatial light modulators for compact microscope construction.

    Conclusions:

    • A compact and efficient Airy light-sheet fluorescence microscope can be constructed using a VHG.
    • The VHG-based system provides a practical solution for achieving large FOV and high axial resolution in fluorescence microscopy.
    • This approach offers a direct alternative to conventional spatial light modulator-based systems.