Reference-free polarization-sensitive quantitative phase imaging using single-point optical phase conjugation

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method of polarization-sensitive quantitative phase imaging using two photodetectors and a digital micromirror device. Instead of recording wide-field interference patterns, finding the modulation patterns maximizing focused intensities in terms of the pol...

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Main Authors: Shin, Seungwoo (Author), Lee, KyeoReh (Author), Yaqoob, Zahid (Contributor), So, Peter T. C. (Contributor), Park, YongKeun (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Spectroscopy Laboratory (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Optical Society of America, 2019-02-04T16:38:13Z.
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Summary:We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method of polarization-sensitive quantitative phase imaging using two photodetectors and a digital micromirror device. 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 several samples including a polystyrene microsphere, a maize starch granule, and a mouse 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.