Liquid Crystals in Spectroscopy, Microscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Diffraction Gratings and Tunable Filter Spectrometers

  • Dispersive devices

  • Nondispersive devices

  • Acousto-optic tunable filters

  • Liquid crystal tunable filters

  • Hyperspectral imaging in medicine

  • Raman imaging with liquid crystals

• Fourier Transform Spectrometers

  • Operation and advantages

  • Michelson-based FT spectrometers

  • Liquid crystal Fourier transform spectrometers

  • Applications in medicine

• Polarimeters and Polarization Microscopy

  • Polarimetry and polarization microscopy

  • Stokes parameters and the Mueller matrix

  • Liquid crystals in polarimeters

  • Polarimetric imaging and spectro-polarimeters

  • Liquid crystals in polarization microscopy

  • Polarimetry and polarization imaging in biology

• Liquid Crystals Spatial Light Modulation in Microscopy

  • Phase contrast and interference microscopy

  • Scanning microscopy

  • Liquid crystal shutters in microscopy

  • Liquid crystal SLM in optical trapping

  • Liquid crystal SLM in adaptive optics

• Conclusion

• Bibliography