Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 34, Issue 6, 611005(2014)
Study of Confocal Microscopy Imaging System Based on Stokes Parameters Measurement
A new method based on Stokes parameters measurement of polarization imaging combined with the confocal microscopy is described. The Stokes parameters, degree of polarization, azimuth and ellipticity are used to be the imaging parameters. The confocal microscopy is combined with the Stokes parameters measurement technique by system integration. The light beam from the laser is focused on the surface of the sample by an objective lens of the confocal microscopy. The reflective light with the information of the sample is measured by the division-of-amplitude Stokes parameters measuring system. In the measuring system, the light is focused on the photosensitive area by a positive lens before detected by the point detector. It makes the system a confocal microscopy imaging system. The polarization parameters including four Stokes parameters, degree of polarization, azimuth and ellipticity of the same object point can be got at the same time. Associated with the two dimensional scanning, Stokes parameters and other polarization parameters of the different object points can be detected. By using the imaging processing software, the imaging of the Stokes parameters and other polarization parameters based on confocal microscopy is realized.
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Cheng Yi, Tang Zhilie. Study of Confocal Microscopy Imaging System Based on Stokes Parameters Measurement[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2014, 34(6): 611005
Category: Imaging Systems
Received: Jan. 12, 2014
Accepted: --
Published Online: May. 20, 2014
The Author Email: Yi Cheng (sadahaloo@hotmail.com)