Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy

Brillouin microscopy has been widely used in the mechanical imaging of cells and tissues, and the signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio limits the spectral integration time. Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering (ISBS) microscopy is a new elastic imaging technique. As a variant of stimulated Brillouin sca...

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Main Authors: Taoran Le, Jiarui Li, Haoyun Wei, Yan Li
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Published: Elsevier 2025-04-01
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description Brillouin microscopy has been widely used in the mechanical imaging of cells and tissues, and the signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio limits the spectral integration time. Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering (ISBS) microscopy is a new elastic imaging technique. As a variant of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), ISBS can overcome the weak signal of spontaneous Brillouin scattering. A simple model can estimate SBS gain. However, the theoretical ISBS gain has not been compared with SBS gain. This paper gives the theoretical ISBS gain estimation, and experiments are designed to verify estimation reliability. The heterodyne ISBS gain coefficient can be much higher than SBS gain coefficient. The relationship between ISBS gain coefficient and spatial resolution is then discussed. We anticipate that the ISBS setup optimization can improve spatial resolution and gain, potentially enabling fast and high spatial resolution imaging of biological cells.
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spelling doaj-art-92457af9b7b14868b802c62340b3fbe72025-08-20T02:00:59ZengElsevierPhotoacoustics2213-59792025-04-014210069610.1016/j.pacs.2025.100696Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopyTaoran Le0Jiarui Li1Haoyun Wei2Yan Li3State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaCorresponding author.; State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaBrillouin microscopy has been widely used in the mechanical imaging of cells and tissues, and the signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio limits the spectral integration time. Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering (ISBS) microscopy is a new elastic imaging technique. As a variant of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), ISBS can overcome the weak signal of spontaneous Brillouin scattering. A simple model can estimate SBS gain. However, the theoretical ISBS gain has not been compared with SBS gain. This paper gives the theoretical ISBS gain estimation, and experiments are designed to verify estimation reliability. The heterodyne ISBS gain coefficient can be much higher than SBS gain coefficient. The relationship between ISBS gain coefficient and spatial resolution is then discussed. We anticipate that the ISBS setup optimization can improve spatial resolution and gain, potentially enabling fast and high spatial resolution imaging of biological cells.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213597925000151Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scatteringBrillouin microscopyBrillouin gain
spellingShingle Taoran Le
Jiarui Li
Haoyun Wei
Yan Li
Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy
Photoacoustics
Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering
Brillouin microscopy
Brillouin gain
title Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy
title_full Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy
title_fullStr Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy
title_short Improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy
title_sort improvement of gain and spatial resolution for impulsive stimulated brillouin scattering microscopy
topic Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering
Brillouin microscopy
Brillouin gain
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213597925000151
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