Complex-Amplitude-Modulation Vectorial Excitation Beam for High-Resolution Observation of Deep Regions in Two-Photon Microscopy

Overview

Journal Front Neurosci

Date 2022 May 6

PMID 35516810

Authors

Naoya Matsumoto

Koyo Watanabe

Alu Konno

Takashi Inoue

Shigetoshi Okazaki

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Abstract

In two-photon microscopy, aberration correction is an essential technique for realizing high resolution in deep regions. A spatial light modulator (SLM) incorporated into an optical system for two-photon microscopy performs pre-compensation on the wavefront of the excitation beam, restoring the resolution close to the diffraction limit even in the deep region of a biological sample. If a spatial resolution smaller than the diffraction limit can be achieved along with aberration correction, the importance of two-photon microscopy for deep region observation will increase further. In this study, we realize higher resolution observations in the deep region by combining two resolution-enhancement methods and an aberration correction method. Therefore, a z-polarizer is added to the aberration-correction optical system, and the SLM modulates the amplitude and phase of the excitation beam; in other words, complex-amplitude modulation is performed. The lateral resolution is found to be approximately 20% higher than the diffraction limit obtained using a circularly polarized beam. Verification was conducted by simulation and experimentation using model samples and biological samples. The proposed method has the potential to be effective for live imaging and photostimulation of the deep region of the sample, although it requires only minor changes to the conventional optical system that performs aberration correction.

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