Super-resolution computational saturated absorption microscopy
- OSTI
Imaging beyond the diffraction limit barrier has attracted wide attention due to the ability to resolve previously hidden image features. Of the various super-resolution microscopy techniques available, a particularly simple method called saturated excitation microscopy (SAX) requires only simple modification of a laser scanning microscope: The illumination beam power is sinusoidally modulated and driven into saturation. SAX images are extracted from the harmonics of the modulation frequency and exhibit improved spatial resolution. Unfortunately, this elegant strategy is hindered by the incursion of shot noise that prevents high-resolution imaging in many realistic scenarios. Here, we demonstrate a technique for super-resolution imaging that we call computational saturated absorption (CSA) in which a joint deconvolution is applied to a set of images with diversity in spatial frequency support among the point spread functions (PSFs) used in the image formation with saturated laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. CSA microscopy allows access to the high spatial frequency diversity in a set of saturated effective PSFs, while avoiding image degradation from shot noise.
- Research Organization:
- Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0017200
- OSTI ID:
- 2420599
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision, Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 40; ISSN 1084-7529; ISSN JOAOD6
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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