High Throughput AOTF Hyperspectral Imager for Randomly Polarized Light

The acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) is one of the most used techniques for hyperspectral imaging (HSI), and is capable of fast and random wavelength access, high diffraction efficiency, and good spectral resolution. Typical AOTF-HSI works with linearly polarized light; hence, its throughput is limited for randomly polarized applications such as fluorescence imaging. We report an AOTF-based imager design using both polarized components of the input light. The imager is designed to operate in the 450 to 800 nm region with resolutions in the range of 1.5–4 nm. The performance characterization results show that this design leads to 68% improvement in throughput for randomly polarized light. We also compared its performance against a liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF)-based imager.

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