Novel Light Field Imaging Device with Enhanced Light Collection for Cold Atom Clouds

05/23/2022
by   Sanha Cheong, et al.
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We present a light field imaging system that captures multiple views of an object with a single shot. The system is designed to maximize the total light collection by accepting a larger solid angle of light than a conventional lens with equivalent depth of field. This is achieved by populating a plane of virtual objects using mirrors and fully utilizing the available field of view and depth of field. Simulation results demonstrate that this design is capable of single-shot tomography of objects of size 𝒪(1 mm^3), reconstructing the 3-dimensional (3D) distribution and features not accessible from any single view angle in isolation. In particular, for atom clouds used in atom interferometry experiments, the system can reconstruct 3D fringe patterns with size 𝒪(100 μm). We also demonstrate this system with a 3D-printed prototype. The prototype is used to take images of 𝒪(1 mm^3) sized objects, and 3D reconstruction algorithms running on a single-shot image successfully reconstruct 𝒪(100 μm) internal features. The prototype also shows that the system can be built with 3D printing technology and hence can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively in experiments with needs for enhanced light collection or 3D reconstruction. Imaging of cold atom clouds in atom interferometry is a key application of this new type of imaging device where enhanced light collection, high depth of field, and 3D tomographic reconstruction can provide new handles to characterize the atom clouds.

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