Abstract
Strong scattering in the optical paths can be proactively exploited for determining light propagation and focusing through turbid media and ultimately improve optical imaging and light manipulation capabilities. The use of light shapers together with strongly scattering structures enables the production of foci confined in the nanoscale or on the other hand may provide significantly enhanced fields of view. Exploiting this concept,we introduce ad hoc engineered scattering structures,by direct femtosecond laser writing in the bulk of glasses,presenting isotropy in one dimension,and together with precisely phase-shaped illuminating light we produce submicrometer thin light sheets at user-defined positions. Our approach permits us to focus light of different wavelengths onto the same defined position without moving any optical element and correcting for chromatic aberrations. Furthermore,we demonstrate that natural biological tissues presenting isotropy in one dimension can also be used for generating light sheets directly in the biological sample.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1237-1240 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Optica |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Nov 2016 |
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Keywords
- (110.2945) Illumination design
- (110.6150) Speckle imaging
- (130.3120) Integrated optics devices
- (220.1000) Aberration compensation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Tailored light sheets through opaque cylindrical lenses. / Di Battista, Diego; Ancora, Daniele; Zhang, Haisu; Lemonaki, Krystalia; Marakis, Evangelos; Liapis, Evangelos; Tzortzakis, Stylianos; Zacharakis, Giannis.
In: Optica, Vol. 3, No. 11, 20.11.2016, p. 1237-1240.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tailored light sheets through opaque cylindrical lenses
AU - Di Battista, Diego
AU - Ancora, Daniele
AU - Zhang, Haisu
AU - Lemonaki, Krystalia
AU - Marakis, Evangelos
AU - Liapis, Evangelos
AU - Tzortzakis, Stylianos
AU - Zacharakis, Giannis
PY - 2016/11/20
Y1 - 2016/11/20
N2 - Strong scattering in the optical paths can be proactively exploited for determining light propagation and focusing through turbid media and ultimately improve optical imaging and light manipulation capabilities. The use of light shapers together with strongly scattering structures enables the production of foci confined in the nanoscale or on the other hand may provide significantly enhanced fields of view. Exploiting this concept,we introduce ad hoc engineered scattering structures,by direct femtosecond laser writing in the bulk of glasses,presenting isotropy in one dimension,and together with precisely phase-shaped illuminating light we produce submicrometer thin light sheets at user-defined positions. Our approach permits us to focus light of different wavelengths onto the same defined position without moving any optical element and correcting for chromatic aberrations. Furthermore,we demonstrate that natural biological tissues presenting isotropy in one dimension can also be used for generating light sheets directly in the biological sample.
AB - Strong scattering in the optical paths can be proactively exploited for determining light propagation and focusing through turbid media and ultimately improve optical imaging and light manipulation capabilities. The use of light shapers together with strongly scattering structures enables the production of foci confined in the nanoscale or on the other hand may provide significantly enhanced fields of view. Exploiting this concept,we introduce ad hoc engineered scattering structures,by direct femtosecond laser writing in the bulk of glasses,presenting isotropy in one dimension,and together with precisely phase-shaped illuminating light we produce submicrometer thin light sheets at user-defined positions. Our approach permits us to focus light of different wavelengths onto the same defined position without moving any optical element and correcting for chromatic aberrations. Furthermore,we demonstrate that natural biological tissues presenting isotropy in one dimension can also be used for generating light sheets directly in the biological sample.
KW - (110.2945) Illumination design
KW - (110.6150) Speckle imaging
KW - (130.3120) Integrated optics devices
KW - (220.1000) Aberration compensation
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U2 - 10.1364/OPTICA.3.001237
DO - 10.1364/OPTICA.3.001237
M3 - Letter
VL - 3
SP - 1237
EP - 1240
JO - Optica
JF - Optica
SN - 2334-2536
IS - 11
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