Authors:
Claire Lefort
1
;
Hussein Hamzeh
2
;
Liu Wei
2
;
David Sevrain
2
;
Philippe Leproux
1
;
Frédéric Pain
2
and
Darine Abi Haidar
3
Affiliations:
1
NCRS, France
;
2
Université Paris-Sud, France
;
3
Université Paris-Sud and Université Paris 7, France
Keyword(s):
Nonlinear Endomicroscopy, Double-Clad Fibre, GRIN Lens, Zemax Simulations.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Optics
;
Fiber Optics
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Nonlinear Optics
;
Optical Instrumentation
;
Optics
;
Photonics
;
Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
The development of a nonlinear endomicroscope is justified by the need for a non-invasive diagnosis tool to assess at the cellular level, in vivo and in live the presence of pathologies like cancer in a patient body. To do so, an important effort has to be made in the miniaturization of the distal head of the endoscope. We report in this paper our work on the characterization of a commercial gradient index (GRIN) lens, especially its possible fluorescence emission and ability to image biological structures. We show that the fluorescence of the peripheral glue of the GRIN lens does not have impact on the fluorescence images but can lead to perturbations to measure fluorescence lifetime and emission spectrum. The axial and lateral resolutions are obtained by imaging 1 μm diameter gold beads. The results show a good agreement with values from the literature. Finally, we simulate an endomicroscope combining an appropriate double-clad fibre (DCF) with the GRIN lens and a tubular piezoelec
tric scanner (PZT) scanning head. Variations of parameters values like fibre tilt angle and distance between the DCF and the GRIN lens allow to discuss on the performances of this device in terms of working distance (WD), magnification, field of view (FOV) and coupling efficiency.
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