Multi-photon attenuation-compensated light-sheet fluorescence microscopy

Madhu Veettikazhy, Jonathan Nylk, Federico Gasparoli, Adrià Escobet-Montalbán, Anders Kragh Hansen, Dominik Marti, Peter Eskil Andersen, Kishan Dholakia

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Abstract

Attenuation of optical fields owing to scattering and absorption limits the penetration depth for imaging. Whilst aberration correction may be used, this is difficult to implement over a large field-of-view in heterogeneous tissue. Attenuation-compensation allows tailoring of the maximum lobe of a propagation-invariant light field and promises an increase in depth penetration for imaging. Here we show this promising approach may be implemented in multi-photon (two-photon) light-sheet fluorescence microscopy and, furthermore, can be achieved in a facile manner utilizing a graded neutral density filter, circumventing the need for complex beam shaping apparatus. A “gold standard” system utilizing a spatial light modulator for beam shaping is used to benchmark our implementation. The approach will open up enhanced depth penetration in light-sheet imaging to a wide range of end users.
Original languageEnglish
Article number8090
Number of pages10
JournalScientific Reports
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2020

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