H-PDLC based waveform controllable optical choppers for FDMF microscopy

Jihong Zheng, Guoqiang Sun, Yanmeng Jiang, Tingting Wang, Aiqing Huang, Yunbo Zhang, Pingyu Tang, Songlin Zhuang, Yanjun Liu, Stuart Yin

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Abstract

An electrically waveform controllable optical chopper based on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal grating (H-PDLC) is presented in this paper. The theoretical analyses and experimental results show that the proposed optical chopper has following merits: (1) controllable waveform, (2) no mechanical motion induced vibrational noise, and (3) multiple-channel integration capability. The application of this unique electrically controllable optical chopper to frequency division multiplexed fluorescent microscopy is also addressed in this paper, which has the potential to increase the channel capacity, the stability and the reliability. This will be beneficial to the parallel detection, especially for dynamic studies of living biological samples.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2216-2224
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 31 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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