Adaptive Optics with Simulated Annealing in Confocal Microscopy

Other Authors: [G. Dobre] - Applied Optics Group (AOG), School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NH, UNITED KINGDOM [A. GH.Podoleanu] - Applied Optics Group (AOG), School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NH, UNITED KINGDOM In this study we have obtained higher quality images from the confocal microscope using adaptive optics. We corrected the aberrations due to the imperfection of optical devices, by an electromagnetic deformable mirror with 52 actuators. The mirror was controlled by PCI cards and sound card through the simulated annealing algorithm. SA was implemented using the integration of Visual C++ and MATLAB.

Keywords:

Adaptive optics , confocal microscopy , simulated annealing algorithm , optimization , Matlab