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Optical sectioning for reflection interference microscopy

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Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy (RICM, also known as interference reflection microscopy) and related techniques have become of wide interest to the biophysical, soft matter and biochemistry communities owing to their exquisite sensitivity for characterising thin films or individual nanoscopic objects adsorbed onto surfaces, or for monitoring cell-substrate interactions. Over the recent years, striking progresses have been made to improve the sensitivity and the quantitative analysis of RICM. Its use in more complex environments, with spurious reflections stemming from a variety of structures in the sample, remains however challenging. In this paper, we demonstrate two methods for adding optical sectioning capabilities to a RICM setup: line confocal detection, and structured illumination microscopy. We characterise experimentally the axial resolution and demonstrate its use for the quantitative imaging of complex biological and biomimetic samples: cellular membranes, thin organic films, surface biofunctionalization. We then discuss the benefits of each method and provide guidelines to arbitrate between sectioning and signal-to-noise ratio. Finally, we provide a detailed description of our experimental setup and a home-written image acquisition and processing software that should allow the interested reader to duplicate such a setup on a home-built or commercial microscope.

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hal-04628510 , version 1 (31-03-2025)

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Cathie Ventalon, Oksana Kirichuk, Yotam Navon, Yan Chastagnier, Laurent Heux, et al.. Optical sectioning for reflection interference microscopy. Langmuir, 2024, ⟨10.1101/2024.06.07.598038⟩. ⟨hal-04628510⟩
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