A method and system for detection of electromagnetic radiation
AssigneeLyseonics BV
InventorPhilippe Arthur Jean Ghislain CHEVALIER
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and method for imaging electromagnetic radiation from an object. The device includes entrance optics for allowing the electromagnetic radiation to enter the device, including an image plane onto which an image of the object is to be imaged. The device includes an interferometer having a measurement arm, wherein the image plane is in the measurement arm. The device includes a transformation layer, at the image plane, for transforming the electromagnetic radiation into a spatiotemporal variation of the refractive index of the transformation layer for causing spatiotemporal optical phase differences in the measurement arm of the interferometer that are processed to result in a representative image of the object.
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A device for imaging electromagnetic radiation from an object comprising:
- entrance optics for allowing the electromagnetic radiation to enter the device, comprising an image plane onto which an image of the object is to be imaged;
- an interferometer with a measurement arm, wherein the image plane is in the measurement arm;
- a transformation layer, at the image plane, for transforming the electromagnetic radiation into a spatiotemporal variation of the refractive index of the transformation layer for causing spatiotemporal optical phase differences in the measurement arm of the interferometer representative of the image of the object.
A method for imaging electromagnetic radiation from an object the method comprising:
- imaging an electromagnetic radiation image of the object on an image plane, wherein the image plane is in the detection arm of an interferometer;
- transforming, by a transformation layer at the image plane, the electromagnetic radiation into a spatiotemporal variation of the refractive index of the transformation layer for causing spatiotemporal optical phase differences in the measurement arm of the interferometer representative of the image of the object;
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- generating a visible image representative of the image of the object based on the optical phase differences.
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