Highly parallel CMOS lock-in optical sensor array for hyperspectral recording in scanned imaging systems

Roger A. Light; Richard J. Smith; Nicholas S. Johnston; Steve D. Sharples; Michael G. Somekh; Mark C. Pitter

doi:10.1117/12.842083

24 February 2010 Highly parallel CMOS lock-in optical sensor array for hyperspectral recording in scanned imaging systems

Roger A. Light, Richard J. Smith, Nicholas S. Johnston, Steve D. Sharples, Michael G. Somekh, Mark C. Pitter

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Proceedings Volume 7570, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XVII; 75700U (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842083
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Many optical measurements that are subject to high levels of background illumination rely on phase sensitive lock-in detection to extract the useful signal. If modulation is applied to the portion of the signal that contains information, lockin detection can perform very narrowband (and hence low noise) detection at frequencies well away from noise sources such as 1/f and instrumental drift. Lock-in detection is therefore used in many optical imaging and measurement techniques, including optical coherence tomography, heterodyne interferometry, optoacoustic tomography and a range of pump-probe techniques. Phase sensitive imaging is generally performed sequentially with a single photodetector and a lock-in amplifier. However, this approach severely limits the rate of multi-dimensional image acquisition. We present a novel linear array chip that can perform phase sensitive, shot-noise limited optical detection in up to 256 parallel channels. This has been achieved by employing four independent wells in each pixel, and massively enhancing the intrinsic well depth to suppress the effect of optical shot noise. Thus the array can reduce the number of dimensions that need to be sequentially scanned and greatly speed up acquisition. Results demonstrating spatial and spectral parallelism in pump-probe experiments are presented where the a.c. amplitude to background ratio approaches 1 part in one million.

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Roger A. Light, Richard J. Smith, Nicholas S. Johnston, Steve D. Sharples, Michael G. Somekh, and Mark C. Pitter "Highly parallel CMOS lock-in optical sensor array for hyperspectral recording in scanned imaging systems", Proc. SPIE 7570, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XVII, 75700U (24 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842083

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