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In situ fully vectorial tomography and pupil function retrieval of tightly focused fields.
Xin Liu1,2, Shijie Tu1, Yiwen Hu1
1State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Nature Communications
|April 11, 2025
Summary
We developed a fast, accurate in situ method to characterize tightly focused optical fields in 3D. This technique precisely reconstructs vectorial information and pupil functions for nanoscale light manipulation.
Area of Science:
- Optics and Photonics
- Nanotechnology
- Computational Imaging
Background:
- Accurate characterization of tightly focused optical fields is crucial for nano-optics applications.
- Existing methods face limitations in efficiency and accuracy for full 3D vectorial information retrieval.
- Challenges include precise reconstruction of complex optical field properties in three dimensions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an in situ method for reconstructing the fully vectorial information of tightly focused fields in 3D space.
- To simultaneously retrieve pupil functions of optical systems.
- To provide a robust and convenient tool for nanoscale light characterization and optimization.
Main Methods:
- Encoding fields using phase-modulated focusing and polarization-split detection.
- Decoding using a least-sampling matrix-based Fourier transform algorithm with an analytically derived gradient.
- Employing a focus scanning strategy to mitigate detection path imperfections.
Main Results:
- Successful reconstruction of fully vectorial information and pupil functions in 3D.
- Achieved approximately 90% accuracy in tomography and pupil function retrieval.
- Method requires only 10 frames of 2D measurements and completes within 10 seconds.
Conclusions:
- The developed method offers a highly accurate and efficient solution for characterizing tightly focused optical fields.
- Enables precise manipulation and optimization of light at the nanoscale.
- Applicable to advanced techniques like adaptive-optics-assisted nanoscopy and vectorial field manipulation.
