Large-volume focus control at 10 MHz refresh rate via fast line-scanning amplitude-encoded scattering-assisted holography

Atsushi Shibukawa, Ryota Higuchi, Gookho Song, Hideharu Mikami (), Yuki Sudo () and Mooseok Jang ()
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Atsushi Shibukawa: Hokkaido University
Ryota Higuchi: Hokkaido University
Gookho Song: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hideharu Mikami: Hokkaido University
Yuki Sudo: Okayama University
Mooseok Jang: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract The capability of focus control has been central to optical technologies that require both high temporal and spatial resolutions. However, existing varifocal lens schemes are commonly limited to the response time on the microsecond timescale and share the fundamental trade-off between the response time and the tuning power. Here, we propose an ultrafast holographic focusing method enabled by translating the speed of a fast 1D beam scanner into the speed of the complex wavefront modulation of a relatively slow 2D spatial light modulator. Using a pair of a digital micromirror device and a resonant scanner, we demonstrate an unprecedented refresh rate of focus control of 31 MHz, which is more than 1,000 times faster than the switching rate of a digital micromirror device. We also show that multiple micrometer-sized focal spots can be independently addressed in a range of over 1 MHz within a large volume of 5 mm × 5 mm × 5.5 mm, validating the superior spatiotemporal characteristics of the proposed technique – high temporal and spatial precision, high tuning power, and random accessibility in a three-dimensional space. The demonstrated scheme offers a new route towards three-dimensional light manipulation in the 100 MHz regime.

Date: 2024
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