Pixel-integrated thin-film filter simulation and scaling trade-offs

Goossens, Thomas

doi:10.48550/arxiv.2106.01147

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“…The bandwidth (FWHM) of the 10 µm design sub-pixels were measured at about 100 nm; this discrepancy is likely because, at the high magnifications (and hence high numerical apertures) required to isolate sub-pixels in the optical microscope, incoming light enters the filter at larger angles resulting in angular blurring and associated spectral broadening. 21 This is also likely why the measured overall spectra appear broadened compared to simulations, especially for the 5 µm HyperPixel which is expected to be more heavily impacted by this effect.…”

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confidence: 97%

Spectrally tailored 'hyperpixel' filter arrays for imaging of chemical compositions

Taylor-Williams

Cousins

Williams

et al. 2022

Optical Biopsy XX: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis

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We present a method for designing and fabricating 'HyperPixels': pixel filter arrays with custom spectral transmission properties that enable efficient imaging of specific chromophores or fluorophores. Multispectral imaging typically targets particular spectral bands to uncover the spectral properties of tissue in combination with spatial resolution. Unmixing spectral properties can uncover the type and quantity of chromophores or fluorophores due to their unique spectral absorption or emission.Pixelated filter arrays atop imaging sensors are low-cost techniques used to achieve multispectral imaging. Typically, the filter pixels exhibit bandpass spectral behaviour, allowing only a fraction of the incident light to reach the sensor. As a result, narrowband filter pixels trade off high spectral resolution with optical power loss. A way to avoid this issue and improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) for individual targets is to use a filter array where individual pixels are matched to a target chemical compound's reflectance or emission spectrum. Simulations show a > 5-fold improvement in SNR under realistic noise conditions. These matched optical filters can also reduce the complexity of software or hardware spectral unmixing algorithms, offering the potential for real-time imaging of target compounds. We present a method for tailoring spectral transmission of individual pixels by building HyperPixels comprising multiple Fabry-Perot resonator subpixels with varying bandpass properties (FWHM = approximately 50-60 nm, thicknesses 75-150 nm) that collectively have the desired transmission spectrum. We used a numerical optimization process to design filter arrays for simultaneous detection of methylene blue and indocyanine green, commonly used in cancer diagnostics by clinicians. We then fabricated filters for indocyanine green detection using grayscale lithography with pixel sizes down to 5 µm and individual subpixels down to 0.5 µm and characterized them for their spectral properties.

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Section: Filter Spectral Comparisonmentioning

confidence: 97%