Three-dimensional microscopy through white light interferometry

Blandine Laude; Antonello De Martino; Bernard Drevillon; L Benattar; Laurent Schwartz

doi:10.1117/12.467829

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15 May 2002 Three-dimensional microscopy through white light interferometry

Blandine Laude; Antonello De Martino; Bernard Drevillon; L Benattar; Laurent Schwartz

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Proceedings Volume 4621, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IX; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467829
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2002, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A very simple OCT system has been developed, based on a Linnik interferometric microscope with its reference mirror mounted on a piezoelectric translator. The geometrical extension of the optics allows efficient illumination of this device with a low power (3 W) light bulb, yielding full field interferometric images at 50 Hz acquisition rate with a fast CCD camera. Due to the very broad spectral width of the light source and camera response, a longitudinal resolution of 1.5 micrometers is achieved. Tomographic images of cell smears are shown.

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Blandine Laude, Antonello De Martino, Bernard Drevillon, L Benattar, and Laurent Schwartz "Three-dimensional microscopy through white light interferometry", Proc. SPIE 4621, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IX, (15 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467829

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