Single shot three-dimensional imaging of dilute atomic clouds

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel single shot 3D imaging technique for dilute atomic clouds using light field microscopy combined with 3D deconvolution, demonstrated on a fluorescent rubidium vapor.

Contribution

It introduces a new application of light field microscopy for rapid 3D imaging of atomic clouds, enabling single shot acquisition.

Findings

Successfully captured 3D images of atomic vapor in a single shot

Demonstrated the method's effectiveness with rubidium vapor

Showed potential for real-time atomic cloud imaging

Abstract

Light field microscopy methods together with three dimensional (3D) deconvolution can be used to obtain single shot 3D images of atomic clouds. We demonstrate the method using a test setup which extracts three dimensional images from a fluorescent $^{87}$Rb atomic vapor.