Imaging through strongly scattering media with subwavelength resolution and good anti-noise performance

We have proposed a novel scattered light computation microscopy (SLCM) that takes use of scattered light in imaging objects shaded by strongly scattering media. Based on the principle of light reciprocity, image is formed through computation in the SLCM method. Compared to the conventional scattered light fluorescence microscopy (SLFM) method, the SLCM doesn’t need any pretreatment of objects. Simulation results have shown that subwavelength resolution can be achieved through the SLCM with optimized parameters. The good anti-noise capability of the SLCM is demonstrated by simulation as well.

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