MKID detectors integrated into Miniature Imaging Systems in Light Sensitive Applications

MKID 探测器集成到光敏应用中的微型成像系统中

• 批准号: 2748025
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2748025
• 关键词: MKID; detectors; integrated; into; Miniature

MKIDs are a new generation of highly sensitive super conducting quantum based photon detector that provide both spectral and temporal resolution of incoming photons. These devices are therefore ideal for applications in photon starved situations. One such area is in imaging in the life sciences for microscopy and in vivo imaging. In fluorescent imaging the excitation light level should be minimised to reduce any phototoxic effects in tissues, and this is particularly the case in non-linear imaging within the brain. This project will investigate the latest MKID array detectors integrated with coherent single mode fibre bundles and miniature optics for deep tissue imaging with the longer-term goal of both in human imaging and for brain studies.A miniature imaging system based both on widefield imaging through coherent fibre bundles and also beam scanned imaging (both single point and line scanned) will be examined and integrated to the latest generation of MKID detectors. Through the use of miniature optics on the distal end of the fibre bundle confocal imaging will be possible due to the single mode fibres acting in effect as a confocal pinhole. Using a range of both tissue mimics and real tissue the limits of using MKIDs for optical microscopy and other potential biomedical applications will be explored.

MKID是新一代高灵敏度超导量子光子探测器，可提供入射光子的光谱和时间分辨率。因此，这些设备是理想的应用在光子饥饿的情况。其中一个领域是生命科学中的显微镜成像和体内成像。在荧光成像中，激发光水平应最小化以减少组织中的任何光毒性效应，并且这在脑内的非线性成像中尤其如此。本项目将研究最新的MKID阵列探测器，该阵列探测器集成了相干单模光纤束和微型光学器件，用于深层组织成像，其长期目标是用于人体成像和大脑研究。（单点和线扫描）将被检查并集成到最新一代的MKID探测器。通过在光纤束的远端上使用微型光学器件，由于单模光纤实际上充当共焦针孔，共焦成像将是可能的。使用一系列组织模拟物和真实的组织，将探索使用MKID进行光学显微镜和其他潜在生物医学应用的限制。