Abstract

Diffraction-limited deep focusing into biological tissue is challenging due to aberrations that lead to a broadening of the focal spot. The diffraction limit can be restored by employing aberration correction for example with a deformable mirror. However, this results in a bulky setup due to the required beam folding. We propose a bi-actuator adaptive lens that simultaneously enables axial scanning and the correction of specimen-induced spherical aberrations with a compact setup. Using the bi-actuator lens in a confocal microscope, we show diffraction-limited axial scanning up to 340 μm deep inside a phantom specimen. The application of this technique to in vivo measurements of zebrafish embryos with reporter-gene-driven fluorescence in a thyroid gland reveals substructures of the thyroid follicles, indicating that the bi-actuator adaptive lens is a meaningful supplement to the existing adaptive optics toolset.

Details

Title
Diffraction-limited axial scanning in thick biological tissue with an aberration-correcting adaptive lens
Author
Philipp, Katrin 1 ; Lemke, Florian 2 ; Scholz, Stefan 3 ; Wallrabe, Ulrike 2 ; Wapler, Matthias C 2 ; Koukourakis, Nektarios 1 ; Czarske, Jürgen W 1 

 Technische Universität Dresden, Laboratory for Measurement and Sensor System Technique, Helmholtzstraße 18, Dresden, Germany 
 University of Freiburg, Laboratory for Microactuators, Department of Microsystems Engineering-IMTEK, Georges-Köhler-Allee 102, Freiburg, Germany 
 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Leipzig, Germany 
Pages
1-11
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jul 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2251071814
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.