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Imaging deep within a scattering medium using collective accumulation of single-scattered waves

Authors
Kang, SungsamJeong, SeungwonChoi, WonjunKo, HakseokYang, Taeseok D.Joo, Jang HoLee, Jae-SeungLim, Yong-SikPark, Q-HanChoi, Wonshik
Issue Date
4월-2015
Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Citation
NATURE PHOTONICS, v.9, no.4, pp.253 - 258
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SCOPUS
Journal Title
NATURE PHOTONICS
Volume
9
Number
4
Start Page
253
End Page
258
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/93977
DOI
10.1038/NPHOTON.2015.24
ISSN
1749-4885
Abstract
Optical microscopy suffers from a loss of resolving power when imaging targets are embedded in thick scattering media because of the dominance of strong multiple-scattered waves over waves scattered only a single time by the targets. Here, we present an approach that maintains full optical resolution when imaging deep within scattering media. We use both time-gated detection and spatial input-output correlation to identify those reflected waves that conserve in-plane momentum, which is a property of single-scattered waves. By implementing a superradiance-like collective accumulation of the single-scattered waves, we enhance the ratio of the single scattering signal to the multiple scattering background by more than three orders of magnitude. An imaging depth of 11.5 times the scattering mean free path is achieved with a near-diffraction-limited resolution of 1.5 mu m. Our method of distinguishing single-from multiple-scattered waves will open new routes to deep-tissue imaging and studying the physics of the interaction of light with complex media.
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