A method for single particle tracking through a multimode fiber

Opt Express. 2022 Sep 26;30(20):36055-36064. doi: 10.1364/OE.470111.

Abstract

Multimode optical fiber (MMF) endoscopes have recently gained widespread attention as a novel tool for imaging deep within tissue using light microscopy. We here present a method for particle tracking through the MMF, which overcomes the lack of a fast enough wide-field fluorescence imaging modality for this type of endoscope, namely a discrete implementation of orbital particle tracking. We achieve biologically relevant tracking speeds (up to 1.2 μm/s) despite using a slow SLM for the wavefront shaping. We demonstrate a tracking accuracy of λ/50 for a 0.3 NA fiber and show tracking of a pinhole moving to mimic Brownian motion with diffusion rates of up to 0.3 μm2/s.

MeSH terms

  • Diffusion
  • Endoscopes
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Optical Imaging
  • Single Molecule Imaging*