Emerging applications of digital micromirror devices in biophotonic fields. (August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yoon, Taerim; Kim, Chang-Seok; Kim, Kyujung; Choi, Jong-ryul
• Is Part Of: Optics & laser technology. Volume 104(2018)
• Page Start: 17
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2018-08
• Subjects: Digital micromirror device -- Confocal microscopy -- Structured illumination microscopy -- 3D bioprinting based on DMD -- Micro- and nanostructure lithography; Optics -- Periodicals; Lasers -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 621.366
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2018.02.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0030-3992

Abstract

Highlights: An investigation of biophotonic applications using a digital micromirror device. A review of DMD-implemented high-speed and high-resolution imaging microscopes. An investigation of bioprinting and lithographic applications based on a DMD. A prospection of the directions in future technologies using a DMD. Abstract: A digital micromirror device (DMD) is a micro-opto-electromechanical deformable mirror device. Since the first investigation of a deformable micromechanical modulator in 1977, DMDs have been employed in various industrial and biophotonic applications. This review article explores two types of biophotonic applications using DMDs: (1) DMD-implemented high-speed and high-resolution imaging microscopes and (2) bioprinting and lithographic applications by freely modulated light patterns using a DMD. Also, several novel implementations of DMDs in advanced biophotonic techniques are briefly described. With these investigations, we aim to present to the reader the existing technologies and the directions for future technologies will take.