Preserving photon detection and average power in random scattering media and curvature correction in vectorized particle Monte Carlo simulation of focused Gaussian beam

Authors

  • Hannah Christina Chan Arjonillo National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Caesar Aya-ay Saloma National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We use a vectorized Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of confocal optical microscopy in scattering media to examine the effect of random scattering on the detected photon number Nd. We determine the corresponding number of launched photons Nl needed to obtain the same Nd value as the number of scattering events is increased for the propagating focused Gaussian beam. For different scattering media, the relationship for preserving the average power delivered at the detector plane is derived for Nl, Nd, repetition rate, and pulse width. Photon distributions at various numerical apertures of the focusing lens are analyzed to establish the possible trade-offs of applying curvature correction on the propagating Gaussian beam.

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Article ID

SPP-2018-2C-06

Section

Computational Physics and Simulations

Published

2018-05-23

How to Cite

[1]
HCC Arjonillo and CA- ay Saloma, Preserving photon detection and average power in random scattering media and curvature correction in vectorized particle Monte Carlo simulation of focused Gaussian beam, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 36, SPP-2018-2C-06 (2018). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2018-2C-06.