Prototype of the Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope (ASOM)
Adaptive optics allows active manipulation of the wave front based on sensor measurements. We have developed the Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope (ASOM) by combining high speed beam steering with deformable mirror for aberration correction to achieve large field high resolution microscopy imaging. This patented work has been licensed to Thorlabs in 2006. Thorlabs commercial version won the product of the year award at Cleo 2006.
We have also conducted research on using image blur to infer dynamical information. This approach allows us to exceed the limitation imposed by the Nyqust sampling theorem.
Research Theme:
Light, Motion