Numerical simulation of partially coherent broadband optical imaging using the finite-difference time-domain method

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作者：

Capoglu, Ilker R. ^{[1
]}

White, Craig A. ^{[1
]}

Rogers, Jeremy D. ^{[1
]}

Subramanian, Hariharan ^{[1
]}

Taflove, Allen ^{[2
]}

Backman, Vadim ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Biomed Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[2] Northwestern Univ, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 36卷 / 09期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

MICROSCOPY;

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中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Rigorous numerical modeling of optical systems has attracted interest in diverse research areas ranging from biophotonics to photolithography. We report the full-vector electromagnetic numerical simulation of a broadband optical imaging system with partially coherent and unpolarized illumination. The scattering of light from the sample is calculated using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical method. Geometrical optics principles are applied to the scattered light to obtain the intensity distribution at the image plane. Multilayered object spaces are also supported by our algorithm. For the first time, numerical FDTD calculations are directly compared to and shown to agree well with broadband experimental microscopy results. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

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页码：1596 / 1598

页数：3