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Design of an Endoscopic Microscope Objective Lens Composed of Flexible Fiber Bundle and Gradient-index with a High Resolution and a Minimally-Invasive Outer Diameter

광섬유 다발과 Gradient-index Lens가 결합된 고 분해능 및 최소침습 직경의 공초점 내시 현미경 대물렌즈의 설계

  • Jang, Sun-Young (Department of Applied Optics and Electromagnetics, College of Natural Science, Hannam University) ;
  • Rim, Cheon-Seog (Department of Applied Optics and Electromagnetics, College of Natural Science, Hannam University)
  • 장선영 (한남대학교 광.전자물리학과) ;
  • 임천석 (한남대학교 광.전자물리학과)
  • Published : 2008.04.30
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Abstract

We present a new design for an endoscope objective lens composed of a lexible fiber bundle with 30,000 core, and a gradient-index (GRIN) objective lens with an optical adaptor. The characteristic of this objective lens is to be minimally-invasive to be able to insert easily in the internal organs of live animals. The GRIN lens has a small diameter and a very simple construction, which is selected with the diameter of 1.0 mm and numerical aperture of 0.5 to achieve a minimally-invasive outer diameter and a high resolution. The resultant designed lens shows the performance as follows; a lateral resolution of 1.63 um and diameters of 100% encircled energy of $0.3\;{\mu}m$ and $0.83\;{\mu}m$ for the on-axis and the off-axis image point, respectively. Also, we can present a cheap solution with a lateral resolution of 1.74 um and diameters of 100% encircled energy of $1.10\;{\mu}m$ and $2.84\;{\mu}m$ for the on-axis and the off-axis image point, respectively.

공초점 내시 현미경의 경우 살아있는(in vivo) 동물체들의 뇌 속에서의 암세포나 특정 세포를 분석할 수 있으며, 비 침습적으로 얻을 수 있는 기술과 동시에 실시간으로 암을 검출할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 공초점 내시 현미경의 경우 최소 직경과 고 분해능을 요하게 된다. 본 논문은 최소 직경을 가지는 GRIN 렌즈와 유동적으로 움직일 수 있는 광섬유 다발을 연결시킴으로써 보다 측정에 용이하도록 하였다. 직경이 1 mm이고 수치구경이 0.5이며 pitch가 0.25인 GRIN렌즈를 사용하였으며, 광섬유 다발은 30,000개의 코어로 구성된 유동적인 광섬유 다발을 사용하였다. 본 논문은 GRIN 렌즈에 의해서 발생되었던 구면수차는 광학보상자를 이용하여 보정하였다. 그 결과 설계되어진 공초점 내시 현미경 대물렌즈의 경우 종 분해능은 $1.63\;{\mu}m$이고 축상물점과 비축물점에서의 에너지 분포가 100%일 때 각각의 spot size는 축상물점에서 $0.3\;{\mu}m$ 비축물점에서 $0.83\;{\mu}m$의 결과를 얻었으며 보다 값싸고 제작에 용이한 양산 비구면 렌즈로 대체 구현된 결과에서는 종 분해능이 $1.74\;{\mu}m$이고, 축상 물점에 대한 spot size는 $1.1\;{\mu}m$이고 비축물점에서는 spot size가 $2.94\;{\mu}m$로 설계되었다.

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