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Zong H, Yurdakul C, Zhao J, Wang Z, Chen F, Ünlü MS, Cheng JX. Bond-selective full-field optical coherence tomography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:41202-41218. [PMID: 38087525 DOI: 10.1364/oe.503861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a label-free, non-invasive 3D imaging tool widely used in both biological research and clinical diagnosis. Conventional OCT modalities can only visualize specimen tomography without chemical information. Here, we report a bond-selective full-field OCT (BS-FF-OCT), in which a pulsed mid-infrared laser is used to modulate the OCT signal through the photothermal effect, achieving label-free bond-selective 3D sectioned imaging of highly scattering samples. We first demonstrate BS-FF-OCT imaging of 1 µm PMMA beads embedded in agarose gel. Next, we show 3D hyperspectral imaging of up to 75 µm of polypropylene fiber mattress from a standard surgical mask. We then demonstrate BS-FF-OCT imaging on biological samples, including cancer cell spheroids and C. elegans. Using an alternative pulse timing configuration, we finally demonstrate the capability of BS-FF-OCT on imaging a highly scattering myelinated axons region in a mouse brain tissue slice.
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Fang J, Huang K, Wu E, Yan M, Zeng H. Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:144. [PMID: 37296123 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01179-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Active mid-infrared (MIR) imagers capable of retrieving three-dimensional (3D) structure and reflectivity information are highly attractive in a wide range of biomedical and industrial applications. However, infrared 3D imaging at low-light levels is still challenging due to the deficiency of sensitive and fast MIR sensors. Here we propose and implement a MIR time-of-flight imaging system that operates at single-photon sensitivity and femtosecond timing resolution. Specifically, back-scattered infrared photons from a scene are optically gated by delay-controlled ultrashort pump pulses through nonlinear frequency upconversion. The upconverted images with time stamps are then recorded by a silicon camera to facilitate the 3D reconstruction with high lateral and depth resolutions. Moreover, an effective numerical denoiser based on spatiotemporal correlation allows us to reveal the object profile and reflectivity under photon-starving conditions with a detected flux below 0.05 photons/pixel/second. The presented MIR 3D imager features high detection sensitivity, precise timing resolution, and wide-field operation, which may open new possibilities in life and material sciences.
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- Jianan Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing, China.
- Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Guangyang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing, China.
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai, China.
- Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Yan S, Li Y, Huang Z, Yuan X, Wang P. High-Speed Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy Using Inertia-Free AOD Scanning. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:4229-4234. [PMID: 37140210 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c09114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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High-throughput stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy is highly desired for large tissue imaging with chemical specificity. However, the mapping speed remains as the major short board of conventional SRS, primarily owing to the mechanical inertia existing in galvanometers or other laser scanning alternatives. Here, we developed inertia-free acousto-optic deflector (AOD)-based high-speed large-field stimulated Raman scattering microscopy, in which both the speed and integration time are ensured by immune of the mechanical response time. To avoid laser beam distortion induced by the intrinsic spatial dispersion of AODs, two spectral compression systems are implemented to compress the broad-band femtosecond pulse to picosecond laser. We achieved an SRS imaging of a 12 × 8 mm2 mouse brain slice in only 8 min at an image resolution of approximately 1 μm and 32 slices from a whole brain in 12 h. The AOD-based inertia-free SRS mapping can be much faster after further upgrading and allow broad-spectrum applications of chemical imaging in the future.
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- Shuai Yan
- Britton Chance Center and MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Advanced Biomedical Imaging Facility, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
- Changping Laboratory, Beijing 102206, China
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- Britton Chance Center and MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Advanced Biomedical Imaging Facility, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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- Britton Chance Center and MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Advanced Biomedical Imaging Facility, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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- Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, Zhejiang, China
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- Britton Chance Center and MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Advanced Biomedical Imaging Facility, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
- Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
- Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai'an 223001, Jiangsu, China
- Changping Laboratory, Beijing 102206, China
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Knez D, Toulson BW, Chen A, Ettenberg MH, Nguyen H, Potma EO, Fishman DA. Spectral imaging at high definition and high speed in the mid-infrared. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eade4247. [PMID: 36383646 PMCID: PMC9668290 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Spectral imaging in the mid-infrared (MIR) range provides simultaneous morphological and chemical information of a wide variety of samples. However, current MIR technologies struggle to produce high-definition images over a broad spectral range at acquisition rates that are compatible with real-time processes. We present a novel spectral imaging technique based on nondegenerate two-photon absorption of temporally chirped optical MIR pulses. This approach avoids complex image processing or reconstruction and enables high-speed acquisition of spectral data cubes (xyω) at high-pixel density in under a second.
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- David Knez
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc., 7 Deerpark Dr. Suite E, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852, USA
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- Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc., 7 Deerpark Dr. Suite E, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Kviatkovsky I, Chrzanowski HM, Ramelow S. Mid-infrared microscopy via position correlations of undetected photons. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:5916-5925. [PMID: 35209543 DOI: 10.1364/oe.440534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Quantum imaging with undetected photons (QIUP) has recently emerged as a new powerful imaging tool. Exploiting the spatial entanglement of photon pairs, it allows decoupling of the sensing and detection wavelengths, facilitating imaging in otherwise challenging spectral regions by leveraging mature silicon-based detection technology. All existing implementations of QIUP have so far utilised the momentum correlations within the biphoton states produced by spontaneous parametric downconversion. Here, for the first time, we implement and examine theoretically and numerically the complementary scenario - utilising the tight position correlations formed within photon pairs at birth. This image plane arrangement facilitates high resolution imaging with comparative experimental ease, and we experimentally show resolutions below 10 μm at a sensing wavelength of 3.7 μm. Moreover, we present a quantitative numerical model predicting the imaging capabilities of QIUP for a wide range of parameters. Finally, by imaging mouse heart tissue at the mid-IR to reveal morphological features on the cellular level, we further demonstrate the viability of this technique for the life sciences. These results offer new perspectives on the capabilities of QIUP for label-free widefield mid-IR microscopy, enabling real-world biomedical as well as industrial imaging applications.
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Potma EO, Knez D, Ettenberg M, Wizeman M, Nguyen H, Sudol T, Fishman DA. High-speed 2D and 3D mid-IR imaging with an InGaAs camera. APL PHOTONICS 2021; 6:096108. [PMID: 35498553 PMCID: PMC9026176 DOI: 10.1063/5.0061661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Recent work on mid-infrared (MIR) detection through the process of non-degenerate two-photon absorption (NTA) in semiconducting materials has shown that wide-field MIR imaging can be achieved with standard Si cameras. While this approach enables MIR imaging at high pixel densities, the low nonlinear absorption coefficient of Si prevents fast NTA-based imaging at lower illumination doses. Here, we overcome this limitation by using InGaAs as the photosensor. Taking advantage of the much higher nonlinear absorption coefficient of this direct bandgap semiconductor, we demonstrate high-speed MIR imaging up to 500 fps with under 1 ms exposure per frame, enabling 2D or 3D mapping without pre- or post-processing of the image.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eric O. Potma
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Princeton Infrared Technologies, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, USA
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- Princeton Infrared Technologies, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, USA
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- Princeton Infrared Technologies, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, USA
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- Princeton Infrared Technologies, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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