Patent ID: 9618743
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,G02B

Claim:
1. An adaptive optical imaging system for imaging an object comprising: a light source that produces irradiation light to irradiate the object; a first modulator that is a polarization sensitive spatial light phase modulator, so as to modulate the irradiation light with a first polarization produced by the light source and does not substantially modulate light with a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization; a polarization adjustment device that converts the polarization of light that has passed through the first modulator before it irradiates the object and converts the polarization of reflected light from the object that has been irradiated with the irradiation light, such that the reflected light has a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization; a wavefront sensor that measures a wavefront of the reflected light; an image signal detector; a second modulator that is a polarization sensitive spatial light phase modulator, placed between the image signal detector and the polarization adjustment device so as to not modulate the irradiation light and modulate the reflected light; and a controller that sends: