Patent ID: 8264694

Claim:
An optical system comprising: a plurality of optical interferometers configured to: split light emitted from a plurality of light sources into first optical waves and second optical waves, combine the first optical waves into a first combined optical wave that is transmitted through a sample and combine the second optical waves into a second combined optical wave to serve as a reference wave, and generate an interference phenomena between the first combined optical wave that is transmitted through the sample and the second combined optical wave to measure a plurality of distances, a plurality of thicknesses, and a plurality of indices of refraction of at least a portion of the sample, an objective in optical communication with the sample, the objective configured to: receive the first combined optical wave after the first combined optical wave is transmitted through the sample; transmit an electromagnetic excitation to the sample, the electromagnetic excitation being transmitted to the sample for generation of emissions by the sample when the sample is subjected to the electromagnetic excitation; and receive the emissions generated by the sample; an excitation-emission device configured to transmit the electromagnetic excitation to the objective; an electromagnetic detector that receives at least one output of the plurality of optical interferometers and an output of the excitation-emission device to render a magnified image of at least a portion of the sample; a digital delay generator that synchronizes at least one of the plurality of optical interferometers and the excitation emission device to operate in substantially unison to generate a noninvasive depth of field of the portion of the sample that corrects a plurality of optical aberrations in real-time; and a display that renders a magnified image of the at least portion of the sample in realtime.