Miniaturized fiber-based Airy light-sheet generator with a 3D nano-printed freeform optical phase plate

Yanis Taege; Madhu Veettikazhy; Tim Samuel Winter; Stefan Mark Jensen; Sophia Laura Stark; Anja Lykke Borre; Lars Rene Lindvold; Bernhard Messerschmidt; Dominik Marti; Peter Eskil Andersen; Çaglar Ataman

doi:10.1117/12.3021695

18 June 2024 Miniaturized fiber-based Airy light-sheet generator with a 3D nano-printed freeform optical phase plate

Yanis Taege, Madhu Veettikazhy, Tim Samuel Winter, Stefan Mark Jensen, Sophia Laura Stark, Anja Lykke Borre, Lars Rene Lindvold, Bernhard Messerschmidt, Dominik Marti, Peter Eskil Andersen, Çaglar Ataman

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Proceedings Volume PC12995, 3D Printed Optics and Additive Photonic Manufacturing IV; PC1299506 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021695
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2024, Strasbourg, France

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We introduce a compact attachment for microscope objectives that allows for the conversion of conventional fluorescence microscopes into Airy light-sheet microscopes. The attachment includes a one-dimensional Airy beam generator, which comprises a gradient-index collimator and a 3D nano-printed cubic phase-plate, realized through two-photon polymerization 3D nano-printing and a two-step writing process that guarantees an optical-quality surface for the phase plate. The micro-optical unit is affixed to a mechanical holder equipped with micro-stages, thereby facilitating the unit's integration into commercial microscopes. The implementation and imaging performance of this system and its fundamental imaging characteristics are discussed, with findings based on diverse samples.

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Yanis Taege, Madhu Veettikazhy, Tim Samuel Winter, Stefan Mark Jensen, Sophia Laura Stark, Anja Lykke Borre, Lars Rene Lindvold, Bernhard Messerschmidt, Dominik Marti, Peter Eskil Andersen, and Çaglar Ataman "Miniaturized fiber-based Airy light-sheet generator with a 3D nano-printed freeform optical phase plate", Proc. SPIE PC12995, 3D Printed Optics and Additive Photonic Manufacturing IV, PC1299506 (18 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021695

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Gradient-index optics

Microscopes

Miniaturization

Optics manufacturing

Freeform optics

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