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Single-shot hybrid photoacoustic-fluorescent microendoscopy through a multi-mode fiber with wavefront shaping

Optics 2020-06-22 v1 Biological Physics

Abstract

We present a minimally-invasive endoscope based on a multimode fiber that combines photoacoustic and fluorescence sensing. From the measurement of a transmission matrix during a prior calibration step, a focused spot is produced and raster-scanned over a sample at the distal tip of the fiber by use of a fast spatial light modulator. An ultra-sensitive fiber-optic ultrasound sensor for photoacoustic detection placed next to the fiber is combined with a photodetector to obtain both fluorescence and photoacoustic images with a distal imaging tip no larger than 250um. The high signal-to-noise ratio provided by wavefront shaping based focusing and the ultra-sensitive ultrasound sensor enables imaging with a single laser shot per pixel, demonstrating fast two-dimensional hybrid imaging of red blood cells and fluorescent beads.

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@article{arxiv.2006.10856,
  title  = {Single-shot hybrid photoacoustic-fluorescent microendoscopy through a multi-mode fiber with wavefront shaping},
  author = {Sylvain Mezil and Antonio M. Caravaca-Aguirre and Edward Z. Zhang and Philippe Moreau and Irène Wang and Paul C. Beard and Emmanuel Bossy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.10856},
  year   = {2020}
}