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- the present invention relates to devices and methods for transporting and controlling light beams, in particular for so-called “lensless” endo-microscopic imaging.
- the present invention applies for example to endoscopic exploration, for example of organs of a living being even though the latter can move freely during the measurement.
- the present invention allows “live” measurement of the transmission matrix of the fiber, even though the fiber may undergo conformational changes.
- the present invention also relates to a fiber device suitable for implementing the method.
- proximal and distal are defined as follows: The proximal side is the side closest to the source and the furthest from the area to be analyzed and the distal side is the side furthest from the source and therefore the closest of the area to be analyzed) by a coherent light source.
- a wavefront modulator also known as a spatial phase modulator
- SLM spatial Light Modulator
- the wavefront modulator makes it possible to shape the field coming from the source and thus controlling the field injected into the multimode optical fiber.
- the wavefront modulator makes it possible to control with what amplitude and what phase the modes of propagation of the fiber are excited, so that the coherent addition of these modes makes it possible to generate the figure of intensity sought at the distal end of the multimode optical fiber, typically a focal point (also called focus).
- the transmission matrix of the fiber is highly dependent on the geometric conformation of the fiber. Endo-microscopic imaging using a multimode optical fiber is therefore extremely sensitive to fiber movements. Furthermore, because the optical fiber used is generally a multimode fiber, a short pulse near the proximal end is elongated approaching the distal end, which limits the possibilities of application to imaging. nonlinear which requires working with short light pulses of high peak intensity.
- a speed delay control device is described group (or "GDC” for “Group Delay Control”) for the transport and control of light pulses in a lensless endo-microscopic imaging system based on the use of a bundle of single-mode optical fibers.
- FIG. 1A schematically illustrates a lensless endomicroscopic imaging system 100 using a multimode optical fiber MMF guiding N specific modes of the state of the art.
- the imaging system generally comprises an emission path with an emission source 10 for the emission of an incident light beam, continuous or formed of pulses in the case of the application to nonlinear imaging.
- the imaging system 100 also comprises a detection path comprising an OBJ lens and a camera. The optical path of the detection path is separated from the optical path of the emission path by a splitter plate 22.
- the imaging system 100 also comprises a device for transporting and controlling the light beams which comprises a multimode optical fiber MMF , and which makes it possible to illuminate a distant object 101 to be analyzed, and an SLM wavefront modulator which is arranged at the proximal end of the multimode optical fiber MMF and which makes it possible to control the wavefront (or the electromagnetic field which can be simply called "field", characterized by an amplitude and a phase) of the beam emitted by the source 10.
- the wavefront modulator SLM makes it possible to adjust the phase function and the amplitude function of the wavefront of the incident beam, and thus to control the phase function and the amplitude function of the wavefront of the beam leaving the multimode optical fiber MMF.
- Figure 1 B schematically illustrates a prior art assembly which makes it possible to measure the transmission matrix of a fiber.
- the assembly of Figure 1 B is actually a simple modification of the endo-microscopic imaging assembly without lens of Figure 1 A.
- Elements a CAM camera, an OBJ lens
- FIG. 1C schematically illustrates the injection of focal points into a fiber and the measurement of the resulting field in order to calculate the transmission matrix in the base of the localized modes of the fiber in a conformation any.
- a base of proximal localized modes being generated using an SLM wavefront modulator.
- a proximal localized mode is injected at the proximal end of the MMF fiber (that is to say a light beam is injected at the end proximal end of the fiber so as to obtain a focal point at this location) and the CAM camera measures the resulting field at the level of the distal end of the MMF fibre.
- the transmission matrix, in the base of localized modes, can thus be calculated from the measurement of the fields resulting from the injection of the proximal localized modes.
- the “localized modes” have amplitude figures which are spatially delimited from each other, i.e. the localized modes do not or only slightly overlap each other. “Distal localized modes” can often be identified as pixels or clusters of pixels measured by the CAM camera. “Proximal localized modes” can often be identified as pixels or pixel arrays generated by the SLM wavefront modulator.
- the prior art transmission matrix measurement method requires the fiber to remain in the same conformation during transmission matrix measurement ( Figures 1B and 1C) and during acquisition of images from the object to be analyzed ( Figure 1 A).
- the number of proximal localized modes and the number of distal localized modes must both be greater than the number of eigenmodes guided by the fiber.
- the number of proximal localized modes does not necessarily have to be equal to the number of distal localized modes. This measurement method is time-consuming and very sensitive to fiber conformation. It is essential, for the measurement to be reliable, that the fiber does not change conformation throughout the duration of the measurement.
- Figure 1D illustrates the impact of a change in conformation from a known conformation REF to an unknown conformation RAND of the fiber.
- This change in conformation leads to a blurred image of the image acquired by endoscopic imaging without lens.
- the fiber of the endoscope is an MMF multimode optical fiber
- the resulting image is blurred.
- the endoscope fiber is an MCF multi-core fiber
- the resulting image is translated. [0022]
- This interference appears because the change in fiber conformation disturbs the natural modes of said fiber.
- the transmission matrix of the fiber is then modified.
- the scrambling of the image due to the change in conformation of the fiber is particularly troublesome during an in vivo observation, for example of an organ. This results in effect in a scrambling of the captured image each time the conformation of the fiber deviates from the conformation in which the transmission matrix was measured.
- the present invention improves the situation by proposing devices and methods for transporting and controlling light beams, in particular for so-called "lensless" endomicroscopic imaging systems, which make it possible to measure in real time the transmission matrix of the fiber in any conformation.
- the imaging method of the present invention makes it possible to calculate in real time the transmission matrix of a fiber in any conformation just before adjusting a real-time wavefront modulator during the acquisition of an image or a batch of images of an object to be analyzed, so that imaging of the object to be analyzed, even in motion, is possible.
- the measured image is always sharp regardless of the conformation of the fiber.
- the present invention finds particular interest in biology where it is sometimes necessary to obtain real-time images, for example of the brain of a mouse, even when the imaged sample is in motion and, with it, the endoscope.
- the invention proposes a method for measuring a transmission matrix of a first optical fiber, such as a multimode fiber, the optical fiber being in any conformation and guiding N eigenmodes, the fiber comprising a proximal stub comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a distal stub comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the proximal stub is connected to the proximal end of the distal stub at the using an inter-fiber coupler, the method comprising the following steps:
- Such a method makes it possible to estimate the transmission matrix of an optical fiber in any conformation.
- the transmission matrix is also obtained in a very short time, close to a millisecond.
- the very short measurement time of the transmission matrix has the direct consequence of being able to image a sample in real time using an endoscope without lens because it is possible to determine the transmission matrix before each measurement of the sample ; the measurements necessary for the determination of the transmission matrix and the analysis of the sample being carried out in conformations of the fiber that are extremely close or even identical.
- the present invention involves the injection of some pilot fields at the distal end and the measurement of the resulting fields at the proximal end.
- the means proposed by the present invention for injecting pilot fields at the distal end of the proximal section of the first optical fiber are less bulky than the means for measuring the resulting fields at the distal end of an optical fiber according to a method standard measurement method, which makes it possible to have the means for measuring the transmission matrix and the sample in the same endomicroscope.
- pilot fields are meant fields which have known properties and which allow, from measurements of the resulting fields in the distal part (if injected in the proximal part), or of the resulting fields in part proximal (if injected in the distal part), to calculate the transmission matrix H of the first optical fiber in any conformation.
- n pilot fields are injected, n being a positive integer.
- Each pilot field can be expressed using a column vector Ei .pilot field of dimension [Nx1], i being a positive integer between 1 and n; and N being a positive integer corresponding to the number of eigenmodes of the first fiber.
- a pilot field is for example a focal point, injected into the first fiber.
- focal point injected at a location or equivalently “localized mode injected at a location” means that a light beam (i.e. an electromagnetic field) is injected at this location. and so as to have a focal point there.
- a light beam i.e. an electromagnetic field
- the estimation of the transmission matrix of the present invention comprises a step which consists in injecting, at the distal end of the proximal section of a first optical fiber, n pilot fields.
- Each of the n pilot fields is injected alone into the fiber. Once the field resulting from the injection of a pilot field has been measured, another pilot field is injected, and so on, n resulting fields are therefore measured successively.
- the step of injecting the n pilot fields can further comprise a simultaneous injection of the n pilot fields so that the relative phase between the n pilot fields is measurable. n+1 resulting fields are then measured in this case.
- the pilot fields can be chosen to be coherent (coming from the same laser) with each other. This improves the reliability of the estimation of the transmission matrix.
- each eigenmode of the first fiber must have a non-zero spatial overlap with at least one pilot field.
- the number n of pilot fields can be chosen to be greater than or equal to the greatest number of eigenmodes of the degenerate multimode fiber between them. THE number of eigenmodes degenerate between them having been measured beforehand or being known.
- the number n of pilot fields is chosen equal to the greatest number of mutually degenerate eigenmodes of the transmission matrix of the first fiber.
- a pilot field is generated using a light source.
- the light source can be coupled to an optical device such as a lens.
- the light source is for example a laser.
- the light source can be advantageously coupled to an objective and to an SLM wavefront modulator.
- the pilot fields can be injected using a second optical fiber, such as a multi-core optical fiber, the distal end of which is connected to the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber for example between 1 mm and 5 cm, preferably 2 cm upstream of the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber.
- a second optical fiber such as a multi-core optical fiber, the distal end of which is connected to the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber for example between 1 mm and 5 cm, preferably 2 cm upstream of the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber.
- the pilot fields can be the natural modes of the second optical fiber.
- the pilot fields are injected at the proximal end of the second optical fiber, pass through the second optical fiber, emerge at the distal end of the second optical fiber and are then injected at the distal end of the proximal section of the first optical fiber.
- the pilot fields then cross the proximal section of the first optical fiber and finally come out at the proximal end of the first optical fiber (which is the proximal end of the proximal stub) where the resulting fields can be measured in order to measure the transmission matrix of the first fiber along its entire length (proximal stub and distal stub).
- the connection between the first fiber and the second fiber will be explained in more detail below.
- the method of present invention can be implemented without the need for constraining optics placed at the level of the distal end of the first optical fiber (which is the distal end of the distal section).
- the distal end of the first optical fiber being devoid of any optics, it is possible to easily approach the distal end of the first fiber to a small biological sample.
- the distal end of the distal section of the first fiber can be inserted into the head of a living mouse in order to image an area of its brain there.
- the second optical fiber is preferably a multi-core fiber with single-mode cores.
- the multi-core optical fiber can comprise at least as many cores as pilot fields, each pilot field being transported in a dedicated core of the multi-core optical fiber before being injected at the distal end of the first fiber .
- single-mode optical fiber we understand a fiber in which the light can only propagate in a single mode of the electromagnetic field; by extension, we also understand a so-called “effective monomode” optical fiber which includes several modes but in which the coupling conditions only excite a single mode (generally the fundamental mode) which confines the light throughout the propagation (no leakage to other modes).
- single-mode optical fiber may be used to refer both to an individual single-mode optical fiber and to a single-mode core of a multi-core optical fiber.
- the transport of a pilot field in a dedicated core of the multi-core optical fiber makes it possible to limit the optical distortions undergone by the pilot field over the fiber. Indeed, if the second fiber is a multimode fiber, the pilot field can undergo different distortions, while in a singlemode core of a multimode fiber cores the amplitude figure and the phase figure of the pilot field remain unchanged, apart from an overall phase shift.
- each of the n pilot fields can be modulated beforehand using a wavefront modulator (SLM), before being injected at the proximal end of the second optical fiber.
- SLM wavefront modulator
- the wavefront modulator can comprise a segmented deformable mirror or a membrane mirror, for operation in reflection.
- the wavefront modulator can comprise a matrix of liquid crystals, for operation in reflection or in transmission.
- the method of the present invention comprises a step which consists of estimating the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber, in any conformation, from the measurement of the fields resulting from the injection of the n pilot fields .
- the resulting field Ei, resulting from the injection of the pilot field El, pilot field can be measured using a camera, such as a CMOS or CCD sensor; the camera being placed at the level of the proximal end of the proximal section of the first optical fibre.
- the proximal end of the proximal section of the first optical fiber can be coupled to a camera using an optical device such as a lens.
- the measurement of a resulting field consists of measuring its phase and amplitude function.
- the measurement, on the proximal side of the first optical fiber, of the field resulting from the injection of a pilot field can be performed according to different polarization modes.
- the resulting fields are measured according to two orthogonal polarization states.
- the measurement of the resulting fields according to different states of polarization makes it possible to improve the estimation of the transmission matrix.
- the method of the present invention comprises a step of estimating the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber from the measurement of the resulting fields Ei, resulting. This estimation step is advantageously carried out in a very short time, close to a millisecond.
- the first optical fiber can be used as an endoscope without a lens in order to produce the image of a sample. As soon as the first optical fiber changes conformation again, for example during the movement of the sample, the transmission matrix thereof is re-estimated.
- Any optical fiber can be characterized by a transmission matrix which links an incoming field to an outgoing field.
- a focal point injected at one end of an optical fiber can come out, at the opposite end of the fiber, translated, attenuated, or even scrambled; in the latter case, the resulting field then forms a speckle (better known under the English name of “speckle”).
- Knowledge of the transmission matrix of the optical fiber in any conformation makes it possible to anticipate the distortions that the fiber will involve in its conformation to the light beam passing through it.
- the transmission matrix of an optical fiber depends on the geometric conformation of the fiber. The same straight or curved optical fiber will not induce the same distortions to an incoming field and will therefore not have the same transmission matrix.
- the transmission matrix of an optical fiber is measured using a camera comprising a CCD or CMOS sensor.
- the following article gives an example of a method where one seeks to determine the transmission matrix of a multimode fiber (see “Time-dependence of the transmission matrix of a specialty few-mode fiber” APL Photonics 4, 022904 (2019 ); https://doi.Org/10.1063/1 .5047578, J. Yammine, A. Tandjè, Michel Dossou, L. Bigot, and E. R. Andresen).
- the dimensions of the transmission matrix are then limited by the dimensions of the sensor of the camera.
- the transmission matrix of the fiber is conventionally expressed in its localized mode basis.
- a mathematical operation can make it possible to express the transmission matrix of the optical fiber in its base of eigenmodes.
- the estimation of the transmission matrix in its base of the eigenmodes is carried out using a algorithm implementing a maximum likelihood method, the maximum likelihood method is preferably a least squares method.
- the algorithm then makes it possible to give an estimate of the transmission matrix Hest of the fiber in any conformation.
- the least squares method minimizes the function f defined according to the following equation [Math 1 ] by optimizing Hest:
- E Pilots and E Resultants are matrices of dimensions [N x n] which respectively contain the n pilot fields Ei, pilots and the n resulting fields EL, N being the number of eigenmodes guided by the fiber
- the algorithm is thus configured to give the best estimate Hest of the transmission matrix of the fiber in any conformation.
- the method according to the invention may comprise a preliminary step of measuring the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber in a reference conformation in a localized mode base, according to a known transmission matrix measurement method. of a person skilled in the art, as presented above, then a step of changing the base of said transmission matrix in its base of the eigenmodes.
- the transmission matrix of the first fiber is measured for example in the proximal-distal direction (or in the distal-proximal direction) all along the first fiber.
- H0 proxi mai -distai be the transmission matrix of an optical fiber in a reference conformation, measured in the proximal-distal direction.
- the HOdistai-proximai transmission matrix of the same fiber considered in the distal-proximal direction is obtained by transposing the first.
- the procedure for estimating the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber along its entire length assumes that the pilot fields are injected at the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber.
- the pilot fields can be injected using a second optical fiber, at the level of the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber, that is to say at the level of the inter-fiber coupler placed 1 mm to 5cm and preferably 2cm upstream of the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber.
- the pilot fields are not injected at the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber and the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber (proximal section and distal section) may be somewhat distorted.
- the present invention can overcome this problem by considering the virtual image of the pilot fields injected at the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber as if they were injected at the distal end of the section. distal to the first fiber.
- E P iiotes,distai H0 proxi mai -distai .
- Eresuitants, proximal where E pilots, distai corresponds to the field of I virtual image of the pilot fields considered at the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber
- HOproximai-distai is the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber in a conformation reference, measured according to a method known to those skilled in the art
- Eresuitants, proximal are the fields resulting from the injection of the pilot fields by the second optical fiber through the interfiber coupler, measured at the level of the end proximal to the proximal section of the first fiber.
- This preliminary step of measuring the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber considered over its entire length (proximal section and distal section) therefore makes it possible to compensate for the fact that the pilot fields can be injected not directly at the end distal of the distal section of the first optical fiber but at the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber, i.e. between 1 mm and 5 cm and preferably 2 cm upstream from the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber .
- the estimation of the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber obtained according to the method of the present invention will then be all the more precise.
- the pilot fields considered in the maximum likelihood algorithm for estimating the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber are the virtual images of the pilot fields injected via the second optical fiber.
- the first optical fiber As the transmission matrix of the first optical fiber in a reference conformation is determined, it is possible to save it, so that a prior calibration is not necessary for each implementation of the method of imaging of the present invention. This is why the first optical fiber which is the subject of the present invention can be characterized by its transmission matrix obtained in a reference conformation and expressed in its base of the eigenmodes.
- the present invention relates to a first multimode optical fiber, the transmission matrix in a reference conformation of said fiber being known, the fiber comprising a proximal section having a proximal end and a distal end; and a distal section having a proximal end and a distal end, the fiber having an interfiber coupler placed at least 5 cm upstream from its distal end, the interfiber coupler being configured to receive the end of a second optical fiber, such a multi-core fiber.
- the first optical fiber is preferably a multimode optical fiber (MMF).
- MMF multimode optical fiber
- the first fiber is for example a step-index or gradient-index fiber.
- the first optical fiber can be made of glass or plastic. Preferably it is made of glass.
- Such a fiber makes it possible to manufacture easily and at low cost an endoscope comprising a minimal bulk on the distal side.
- the function of the inter-fiber coupler is to transfer part of the light beam exiting from the distal end of the proximal section to the proximal end of the distal section.
- the inter-fiber coupler is also intended to transfer part of the light beam coming from the proximal end of the distal section to the distal end of the proximal section.
- the inter-fiber coupler is intended to transfer part of the light beam coming from the distal end of the second fiber to the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber.
- the inter-fiber coupler can be placed at a distance of between 1 mm and 5 cm, preferably 2 cm from the distal end of the distal section of the first fiber.
- the distal section of the first fiber thus measuring 1 mm to 5 cm.
- the coupling between the proximal section and the distal section of the first fiber is preferably greater than 50% so as to obtain good use of the light coming from the source and passing through the first optical fiber in the proximal-distal direction. on one side, and light reflected by, backscattered by or fluorescence emitted by the sample passing through the first optical fiber in the distal-proximal direction.
- the coupling between the distal end of the second fiber and the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber is preferably less than 50%.
- the coupling between the cores of the second optical fiber is preferably less than -20 dB/m. So that the pilot fields propagate independently in it.
- the person skilled in the art can use an existing device on the market or he can make an inter-fiber coupler himself according to known methods.
- the person skilled in the art can use a commercially available multimode coupler.
- the person skilled in the art can make the inter-fiber coupler using an assembly of miniaturized free-space optics using commercially available lenses and splitter blades or by making the optics and splitter blades themselves using using 3D printers.
- those skilled in the art can couple the fibers together by bevelling their ends, polishing the beveled faces and then coupling the ends of two fibers together, the cut and polished fibers are then called "functionalized fibers".
- the inter-fiber coupler can also be made by a combination of the methods mentioned above.
- the first and the second optical fiber can also refer to cores or groups of cores of the same optical fiber.
- the intra-fiber coupler should couple said cores in the same way as in the case of separate optical fibers as described above.
- the first optical fiber can have a length of a few centimeters to several meters.
- a long fiber has the advantage of leaving a lot of freedom of movement for the mouse in the illustrative case where the imaged sample is a mouse brain.
- a long optical fiber easily changes conformation.
- a short fiber deviates little from its reference conformation but limits the movements of the mouse in the illustrative case already mentioned.
- the diameter of the fiber can be between 50 ⁇ m and 1 mm.
- the present invention relates to a device for endomicroscopic imaging comprising:
- a second optical fiber such as a multi-core fiber whose distal end is coupled using an inter-fiber coupler as mentioned above to the distal end of the proximal section of the first optical fiber and the second fiber allows the transport of n pilot fields to the level of the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber;
- a detection channel configured to measure the light signal reflected by the sample passing through the distal section and the proximal section of the first optical fiber.
- the proximal end of the second optical fiber is coupled to a wavefront modulator so that the pilot fields, at the distal end of the second optical fiber, are known and can be modified. .
- the detection channel can include at least one wavefront modulator, a lens and a camera.
- the detection channel can also comprise a sensor making it possible to detect changes in conformation of the proximal section of the first optical fiber.
- a sensor can be an accelerometer or a stopwatch.
- the present invention relates to a method for endomicroscopic imaging of a sample, the method preferably being implemented using a device as described above, the method comprising the following steps:
- the transmission matrix of a first optical fiber in the base of the eigenmodes of the optical fiber the fiber being preferably multimode
- phase mask as a function of the estimated transmission matrix and applying it sequentially to a wavefront modulator, in order to form at the distal end of the first optical fiber an illumination beam with a function of known phase, for example a focal point,
- Such an endoscopic imaging method makes it possible to perform imaging of a sample of microscopic size, limited by the diameter of the first optical fiber.
- the method is also reliable and fast.
- the invention relates to a computer program comprising instructions for implementing the method of the invention when this program is executed by a processor.
- the invention relates to a non-transitory recording medium readable by a computer on which is recorded a program for the implementation of the method according to the invention when this program is executed by a processor.
- FIG. 1A schematically illustrates a lensless endomicroscopic imaging system using an optical fiber guiding N eigenmodes according to the prior art
- FIG. 1 B schematically illustrates the assembly for measuring the transmission matrix according to the state of the art
- Fig. 1 C schematically illustrates the assembly for measuring the transmission matrix according to the state of the art
- FIG. 1 C schematically illustrates the transmission matrix measurement method according to the state of the art
- FIG. 1 D illustrates the impact of a change in the conformation of the optical fiber which results in a noisy image of the image acquired by endoscopic imaging without lens of the prior art
- FIG. 2 illustrates a first multimode optical fiber in a reference conformation
- FIG. 3A illustrates an inter-fiber coupler by assembling functionalized optical fibers
- FIG. 3B illustrates another inter-fiber coupler by assembling functionalized optical fibers
- FIG. 3C illustrates an inter-fiber coupler by assembling miniaturized free space optics
- FIG. 3D illustrates a fiber multimode coupler
- FIG. 4A illustrates an optical fiber transmission matrix in the localized mode basis and [Fig. 4B] illustrates the same transmission matrix, but expressed in the base of eigenmodes of the optical fiber;
- FIG. 5 illustrates the scanning of a focused beam at the output (distal end of the distal section) of the first optical fiber in its reference conformation
- FIG. 6 illustrates a first multimode optical fiber in any conformation, different from its reference conformation
- FIG. 7 illustrates an attempt to scan the beam at the output of the first multimode fiber (distal end of the distal section) if the estimated transmission matrix corresponds to a conformation which differs from the actual conformation of the optical fiber;
- FIG. 8 illustrates an example of pilot field injection
- FIG. 9 illustrates the measurement of the fields resulting from the injection of pilot fields according to two orthogonal polarization states
- FIG. 10 illustrates the comparison between an actual transmission matrix and an estimated transmission matrix according to the concept of the present invention
- FIG. 12 is a diagram of an endoscopic imaging device of the present invention when the transmission matrix is measured in a reference conformation according to a prior art method
- FIG. 13 is a diagram of an endoscopic imaging device according to the present invention where the transmission matrix Hest is estimated following the measurement of the fields resulting from the injection of the pilot fields;
- FIG. 14 is a diagram of the device according to the invention for acquiring an endomicroscopic image by scanning a sample.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a first optical fiber 10 in a reference conformation (REF) guiding N eigenmodes.
- the first optical fiber is for example a multimode fiber such as a step-index or gradient-index fiber or a multi-core fiber.
- the first fiber 10 includes a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is intended to be placed closest to the sample to be imaged. The proximal end is intended to be connected to a detection path and to an optical device such as a wavefront modulator injecting a field with known properties.
- FIGS 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D show examples of inter-fiber coupler 33 according to the present invention.
- the first fiber 10 can comprise two separate sections 10D and 10P.
- a proximal section 10P comprising a proximal end 10P-P and a distal end 10P-D in which the proximal end is intended to be connected to a detection channel and to an optical device such as a wavefront modulator injecting a field with known properties.
- a 10D distal section comprising a proximal end 10D-P and a distal end 10D-D, in which the distal end 10D-D is intended to be placed closest to the sample to be imaged.
- the distal end of the proximal section 10P-D and the proximal end of the distal section 10D-P are connected using an inter-fiber coupler 100.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate two inter-fiber couplers 33 by functionalization of the fibers.
- This inter-fiber coupler consists of bonding between them the distal end of a second fiber 20, the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber 10P-D and the proximal end of the distal section of the first fiber 10D-P .
- the inter-fiber coupler being placed at least 5 cm upstream from the distal end of the first 10D-D fiber.
- the inter-fiber coupler makes it possible to couple the proximal section 10-P of the first fiber to a distal section 10D whose length can be adjusted.
- the second fiber 20 is intended for the transport of pilot fields 200 towards the distal end of the first fiber 10D-D.
- the first fiber forms a right angle with the second.
- a surface in the first fiber makes it possible to redirect the pilot fields (by optical reflection) which come from the distal end of the second fiber 20 towards the proximal end of the first fiber 10P-P.
- the two fibers are joined to each other, an air gap at the end of the second fiber then a surface 15 in the first fiber makes it possible to redirect the pilot fields 200.
- the distal end of the proximal section 10P-D and the proximal end of the distal section 10D-P of the first fiber 10 are bevelled and polished so that these ends are said to be "functionalized”.
- the inter-fiber coupler 33 of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3C comprises a yoke, printed for example using a 3D printer.
- This yoke comprises a prism or a splitter blade 150 which makes it possible to distribute the light rays between the first 10 and the second optical fiber 20.
- the inter-fiber coupler being placed at least 5 cm upstream from the distal end 10D of the first optical fiber 10.
- the inter-fiber coupler 33 further comprises optics 250.
- the optics 250 are intended to focus the light rays in the various optical fibers. Pilot Fields 200 injected using the second optical fiber 20 are redirected towards the proximal end of the first fiber 10 thanks to the splitter blade 150.
- the rays coming from the proximal end of the first fiber 10 are not deflected by the splitter blade 150 and continue their trajectory towards the distal end of said first fiber 10. Similarly, rays coming from the distal end 10D of the first fiber 10 continue their trajectory towards the proximal end of the first fiber 10 without be deflected by the splitter blade 150.
- FIG. 3D illustrates a multimode coupler 33 which makes it possible to connect the distal end of a second fiber 20, for example a multi-core fiber, to a first fiber 10, for example a multimode fiber, so that pilot fields injected at the level of the proximal end of the second fiber 20 are transported to the level of the level of the proximal end 10P-P of the first fiber. Then, the multimode connector allows fields injected at the level of the proximal end of the proximal section 10P-P of the first fiber 10 to come out at the level of the distal end of the distal section 10D-D of said fiber, in order to produce, for example, a focus at the level of the sample to be analyzed.
- FIG. 4A An example of a transmission matrix expressed in the base of localized modes is given in FIG. 4A. Once the transmission matrix in the base of localized modes has been measured, it can be expressed in its base of eigenmodes via a base change operation. Such an operation can be carried out automatically using conventional calculation software and a computer.
- FIG. 4B is an example of a transmission matrix expressed in the basis of the eigenmodes of the fiber.
- the transmission matrix Ho of the fiber in a reference conformation can be obtained according to a method of the state of the art, as illustrated in FIG. 1 B.
- the transmission matrix of the fiber links an incoming field and an outgoing field according to the following equation:
- Outgoing Ho. number of proximal localized modes and Eoutant is a vector expressed in the base of distal localized modes containing a number of elements equal to the number of distal localized modes.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the scanning of a focused beam performed at the output of the distal end of the first fiber.
- the first fiber is no longer in a reference conformation but in any conformation.
- the transmission matrix H of the optical fiber in a new conformation is different from the transmission matrix of the optical fiber in its reference conformation Ho. If an attempt is made to scan a focal point according to the principle of the endoscope without lens assuming that the transmission matrix H of the optical fiber in any conformation is Ho, it is no longer possible to scan a focus at the distal end of the optical fiber. Indeed, the intensity figure at the fiber output is then a speckle and no longer a focused field.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the speckle obtained in the case where the optical fiber changes conformation but the transmission matrix is not recalculated. To obtain a focal point again, it is necessary to remeasure the transmission matrix of the fiber. Reference is now made to FIG. 8. To estimate the transmission matrix H of the fiber in any conformation, n pilot fields are injected at the distal end of the fiber according to the method of the present invention.
- E Results H. E Drivers.
- pilot fields are for example the following:
- the pilot fields are injected into the first fiber at its distal end.
- the resulting fields are measured at the proximal end of the first fiber using, for example, a camera.
- the camera defaults to only detecting intensity (amplitude squared); to also measure the field (ie the phase and the amplitude) the camera is used with an interferometric method, for example the so-called off-axis holography method.
- FIG. 9 illustrates the 5 resulting fields, measured according to two orthogonal polarization states. From the fifth measurement, ie the superposition of the 4 pilot fields, it is possible to extract the relative phases between the 4 pilot fields.
- Figure 10 illustrates two fiber transmission arrays in one conformation.
- the left transmission matrix was measured according to a conventional method known to those skilled in the art as discussed in the introduction to this description.
- the transmission matrix on the right has been measured using a least squares algorithm which estimates the transmission matrix of the optical fiber from the measurement of fields resulting from the injection of 4 pilot fields according to the example.
- Figure 10 clearly demonstrates that the present invention makes it possible to obtain, in a very short time, an excellent estimation of a transmission matrix of an optical fiber.
- the transmission matrix was therefore estimated with only 5 measurements. If the fiber guided a greater number of modes, 5 measurements could however have been sufficient to estimate H.
- the endoscopic imaging device comprises a first optical fiber, preferably multimode MMF comprising a proximal section and a distal section.
- the first optical fiber MMF comprises an inter-fiber coupler which connects said fiber to a second fiber, preferably multi-core MCF.
- the distal end of the distal section of the first fiber is free of any optics.
- the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber can be placed as close as possible to a sample to be imaged.
- the sample is the brain of a mouse, the mouse being alive and free to move.
- the device according to the invention must be able to perform imaging of the mouse brain in real time.
- the imaging device further comprises a CAM camera.
- the camera can be coupled with an OBJ lens.
- the camera and objective measure the resulting fields at the proximal end of the proximal section of the first MMF fiber following the injection of the pilot fields through the second MCF fiber.
- the device also comprises a light source, not shown, being for example a laser.
- the light source is advantageously connected to an SLM wavefront modulator.
- the wavefront modulator can also be coupled to an OBJ lens making it possible to inject a controlled light signal at the level of the proximal end of the proximal section of the first optical fiber MMF.
- a light distribution means is added after the wavefront modulator and the lens. This system is for example a mirror or a prism.
- the light distributor makes it possible either to direct the light coming from the wavefront modulator towards the first MMF optical fiber or to direct the light beams reflected by the sample and passing through the first MMF optical fiber towards a detection channel.
- the path for detecting the light backscattered by the sample and transmitted through the first MMF fiber from its distal end to its proximal end may comprise a CAMproximai detector and optionally an OBJ objective for focusing the backscattered light on a detection surface of the detector, as well as a unit for processing the signals coming from the detector.
- Figure 12 is a diagram showing the configuration of the endoscopic imaging device which makes it possible to measure the transmission matrix of the first fiber in the proximal-distal direction: HOproximai-distai according to an embodiment of the method of the present invention where a preliminary step of measuring the transmission matrix of the first MMF optical fiber in a reference conformation (REF) in a localized mode base is carried out .
- REF reference conformation
- the distal section of the first MMF optical fiber is not yet connected to the sample.
- the detection channel comprising a CAMdistai camera with an OBJ lens is placed at the distal end of the distal section of the first MMF fiber.
- This detection channel specific to the preliminary step of measuring the transmission matrix of the first fiber in its entire length can be the same detection channel that measures the resulting fields Eresulting or any other detection channel.
- the light source emits light beams which can be shaped using the SLM wavefront modulator. These light beams cross the first optical fiber in its entire length and are measured, at the level of the distal end of the distal section of the first fiber using the detection path, at the level of the CAMdistai camera.
- Figure 13 illustrates the measurement of the Resultant E fields resulting from the injection of the Epiiote pilot fields according to the present invention. From now on, the distal end of the distal section of the first optical fiber can be placed at the level of the sample to be analyzed.
- lateral pilot fields are injected via the second MCF optical fiber and the inter-fiber connection device 33 redirects these pilot fields to the first MMF fiber at the level of the distal end of the proximal section towards the proximal end of the proximal section of the first optical fiber.
- the resulting fields Eresuitants, proximal to the proximal end of the proximal section of the first MMF optical fiber are measured using a detection.
- This measurement can be carried out for two different states of polarization, preferably orthogonal.
- the CAM camera can be coupled for example to quarter-wave and/or half-wave plates.
- the procedure for estimating the transmission matrix assumes that the pilot fields are injected directly at the distal end of the first fiber MMF and not at the level of the distal end of the proximal section of the first fiber. that is to say at the level of the inter-fiber coupler placed from 1 mm to 5 cm upstream from the distal end of the distal section of the first fiber.
- the method for estimating a matrix of conformation of the present invention makes it possible to estimate the transmission matrix Hest of the first optical fiber MMF in any conformation (RAND).
- a least squares (or LMS for Least Mean Square) algorithm minimizes the function f defined according to the Math equation. 2 following by optimizing the estimated transmission matrix Hest:
- E Pilots and E Results are matrices of dimensions [N xn] which respectively contain the n pilot fields and the n resultant fields.
- the algorithm finds the result Hest, the best estimate of H.
- the execution time of the algorithm is approximately 1 ms on a standard computer.
- Knowing the transmission matrix of the first MMF fiber it is possible to calculate a phase mask with the SLM wavefront modulator in order to emit at the output of the first MMF optical fiber a controlled light beam, typically a focal point.
- the sample can then be imaged, for example by scanning the focal point.
- the resulting image is measured pixel by pixel using the detection channel comprising a CAMproximai camera with an OBJ lens.
- the detection path of the different steps of the imaging method according to the present invention can be the same for each of the steps, in this case, a conventional optical system which makes it possible to distribute the different light beams coming from the different ends of the optical fibers ( MMF and MCF) is used. Otherwise, the different OBJ objectives specific to each of the detection channels may be different.
- the estimation of the transmission matrix can also be performed according to a predetermined frequency. For example, the estimation of the transmission matrix can be performed once per second, twice per second, ten times per second, or at a lower frequency of once every minute. Or the estimation of the transmission matrix of the first fiber can be carried out when said optical fiber changes conformation, for example when a sensor such as an accelerometer which measures a displacement of the first fiber with respect to its reference conformation.
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