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Method for characterising a particle on the basis of a hologram

US12135273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 2019
Grant dateNov 5, 2024
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2001/0447
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for characterizing a particle present in a sample, the sample lying between an image sensor and a light source and the sensor lying in a detection plane, includes illuminating the sample with the light source which emits an incident light wave propagating along a propagation axis, and acquiring an image of the sample with the sensor. The sensor is exposed to an exposure light wave. The image includes a plurality of elementary diffraction patterns each corresponding to one particle. The method also includes reconstructing a complex image representative of a complex amplitude of the light wave on a reconstruction surface passing through the sample, based on the acquired image; selecting a region of interest of the complex image corresponding to a particle of interest; forming an extracted image based on the region of interest; and characterizing the particle of interest depending on the extracted region of interest.

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