Patent ID: 11954172
Assignee: PHOTOMICS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising microscope optics, the microscope optics comprising:
first illumination optics for launching first coherent light within a range of controllable angles, splitting the launched first coherent light into a first beam and a second beam, wherein the first illumination optics:
(i) establishes a first polarization for the first beam, and delivers the first beam as an angled plane wave to a sample;
(ii) establishes a second polarization for the second beam, and delivers the second beam to a detector, by passing the sample; and
detection optics, wherein the detection optics receives ballistic light and scattered light, both originating from the plane wave delivered to the sample, wherein the ballistic light is not scattered by the sample, and the scattered light is scattered by the sample, and wherein the detection optics includes:
(a) a detection-optics universal polarizer for selecting the second polarization for the ballistic light and the scattered light,
(b) an attenuating/phase-shifting mask for absorbing all ballistic light;
(c) a randomizer that further scatters the scattered light; and
(d) a detector for receiving the first beam and the scattered light from the randomizer.