- Interferometric microscopy
Interferometric microscopy or Imaging interferometric microscopy is the concept of microscopy whichis related to
holography ,synthetic-aperture imaging , and off-axis-dark-field illumination techniques.Interferometric microscopy allows enhancement of resolution ofoptical microscopy due to interferometric (holographic)registration of several partial images (amplitude and phase) and the numerical combining.
=Combining of partial[
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url=http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=134719
author=Y.Kuznetsova
coauthors=A.Neumann, S.R.Brueck
title=Imaging interferometric microscopy–approaching the linear systems limits of optical resolution
journal=Optics Express
volume=15
pages=6651–6663
year=2007
doi=10.1364/OE.15.006651] ] In interferometric microscopy, the image of a micro-object is synthesized numerically as a coherent combinationof partial images with registered amplitude and phasecite journal
url=http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=134719
author=Y.Kuznetsova
coauthors=A.Neumann, S.R.Brueck
title=Imaging interferometric microscopy–approaching the linear systems limits of optical resolution
journal=Optics Express
volume=15
pages=6651–6663
year=2007
doi=10.1364/OE.15.006651] cite journal
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author=C.J.Schwarz
coauthors=Y.Kuznetsova and S.R.J.Brueck
title=Imaging interferometric microscopy
journal=Optics Letters
volume=28
pages=1424–1426
year=2003
doi=10.1364/OL.28.001424] For registration of partial images, the conventional holographic set-up is used,with the reference wave, which is usual for the opticalholography .The multiple exposition allows the numerical emulation of a largeNumerical Aperture objective,at moderate values of theNumerical Aperture of the objective used to register partial imagescite journal
url=http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=134719
author=Y.Kuznetsova
coauthors=A.Neumann, S.R.Brueck
title=Imaging interferometric microscopy–approaching the linear systems limits of optical resolution
journal=Optics Express
volume=15
pages=6651–6663
year=2007
doi=10.1364/OE.15.006651] .Similar techniques allows scanning and precise detection of small particles cite journal
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author=J.Hwang
coauthors=M.M.Fejer, and W.E.Moerner
title= Scanning interferometric microscopy for the detection of ultrasmall phase shifts in condensed matter
journal=PRA
volume= 73
pages=021802
year=2003
doi= 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.021802] .As the combined image keeps both amplitude and phase information, the interferometric microscopy can be especially efficient for the phase objectscite journal
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author=J.Hwang
coauthors=M.M.Fejer, and W.E.Moerner
title= Scanning interferometric microscopy for the detection of ultrasmall phase shifts in condensed matter
journal=Optik
volume= 115
pages=94–96
year=2004] , allowing detection of light variations of index of refraction, which cause the phase shift or the light passing through for a small fraction of a radian.Non-optical waves
Although the Interferometric microscopy has been demonstrated only for optical images (visible light), this technics may find application in high resolution
atom optics , or optics ofneutral atom beams (seeAtomic de Broglie microscope ), where the Numerical aperture is usually very limitedcite journal
url=http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/39/1605
author= D.Kouznetsov
coauthors=H. Oberst, K. Shimizu, A. Neumann, Y. Kuznetsova, J.-F. Bisson, K. Ueda, S. R. J. Brueck
title=Ridged atomic mirrors and atomic nanoscope
journal=JOPB
volume=39
pages=1605–1623
year=2006
doi=10.1088/0953-4075/39/7/005] .References
ee also
Holography ,Numerical Aperture ,Diffraction limited
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