Dynamically programable real-time controller for a 2D scanning fibre microscope
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Author(s)
Xiong, Qiyu
Sydoruk, Oleksiy
Syms, Richard RA
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A programmable controller for a 2D Lissajous scanning fibre microscope is described. Source motion is based on a vibrating cantilever formed by dip-coating two cylindrical silica fibres. Orthogonal modes are excited by a piezoelectric actuator oriented at 45° to the principal axes. Back-scattered signals are detected using a mode-stripping photodiode to collect cladding modes in a dual numerical aperture confocal scheme. Optical feedback is generated by a shaped reflecting aperture with amplitude-coded reflectivity. Electrical pulses from the detector are separated into low- and high-mode feedback signals using window detectors. The low mode is excited at resonance using a phase-locked loop (PLL) containing a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The high mode is driven off-resonance at a frequency derived from computer control of a second VCO. Amplitudes are corrected, and common frequency signals derived from the two motions using divide-by-N circuits are synchronised using additional PLLs. Programmable generation of Lissajous figures and imaging with dynamically variable scan density are demonstrated.
Date Issued
2024-12-16
Date Acceptance
2024-11-26
Citation
Optics Express, 2024, 32 (26), pp.46400-46414
ISSN
1094-4087
Publisher
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Start Page
46400
End Page
46414
Journal / Book Title
Optics Express
Volume
32
Issue
26
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Identifier
10.1364/OE.544137
Subjects
0205 Optical Physics
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1005 Communications Technologies
Optics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-12-06