Analysis of diffraction imaging in non-conjugate configurations

作者:Pan, Ran; Feng, Yuanming; Sa, Yu; Lu, Jun Q.; Jacobs, Kenneth M.; Hu, Xin-Hua*
来源:Optics Express, 2014, 22(25): 31568-31574.
DOI:10.1364/OE.22.031568

摘要

Diffraction imaging of scattered light allows extraction of information on scatterer's morphology. We present a method for accurate simulation of diffraction imaging of single particles by combining rigorous light scattering model with ray-tracing software. The new method has been validated by comparison to measured images of single microspheres. Dependence of fringe patterns on translation of an objective based imager to off-focus positions has been analyzed to clearly understand diffraction imaging with multiple optical elements. The calculated and measured results establish unambiguously that diffraction imaging should be pursued in non-conjugate configurations to ensure accurate sampling of coherent light distribution from the scatterer.