For their project “Non-polarizing optical module”, Jérémie Teyssier and Volodymyr Multian received an Innogap grant from UNITEC, UNIGE.
They developed an optical module that can replace a beam splitter or a dichroic mirror while preserving the polarization state of the transmitted and reflected beams.
If the performance is sufficient, this device could replace dichroic mirrors in standard multi-photon, fluorescence, Raman microscopy equipment and provide access to the valuable information carried by the polarization of light, which is usually degraded by the optics used in standard set ups.