Reference-free polarization-sensitive quantitative phase imaging using singe-point optical phase conjugation
Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method of polarization-sensitive quantitative phase imaging using two photo detectors. Instead of recording wide-field interference patterns, finding the modulation patterns maximizing focused intensities in terms of the polarization states enables polarization-dependent quantitative phase imaging without the need for a reference beam and an image sensor. The feasibility of the present method is experimentally validated by reconstructing Jones matrices of various samples including a polystyrene microsphere, a maize starch granule, and a rat retinal nerve fiber layer. Since the present method is simple and sufficiently general, we expect that it may offer solutions for quantitative phase imaging of birefringent materials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1807.05679,
title = {Reference-free polarization-sensitive quantitative phase imaging using singe-point optical phase conjugation},
author = {Seungwoo Shin and Kyeoreh Lee and Zahid Yaqoob and Peter T. C. So and Yongkeun Park},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.05679},
year = {2018}
}