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

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising microscope optics, the microscope optics comprising:
first illumination optics for launching first coherent light within a range of controllable angles, establishing a first polarization of the launched first coherent light, and delivering an angled plane wave having the first polarization to a sample; and
detection optics, wherein the detection optics includes:
(a) an objective lens that receives ballistic light and scattered light, both originating from the angled 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,
(b) a detection-optics universal polarizer for selecting a second polarization of the ballistic light and the scattered light,
(c) an attenuating/phase-shifting mask for attenuating the ballistic light and shifting a phase thereof, wherein the ballistic light is attenuated to substantially match an intensity of the scattered light, and wherein the mask is disposed in a plane that is conjugate to a back aperture of the objective lens;
(d) a first randomizer that scatters the attenuated ballistic light, and further scatters the scattered light; and
(e) a detector for receiving an intensity pattern formed from interference between the attenuated ballistic light and the scattered light.