TY - JOUR

T1 - Spectral approach to recognize spherical particles among non-spherical ones by angle-resolved light scattering

AU - Yastrebova, Ekaterina S.

AU - Dolgikh, Ivan

AU - Gilev, Konstantin V.

AU - Vakhrusheva, Irina V.

AU - Liz, Elizaveta

AU - Litvinenko, Alena L.

AU - Nekrasov, Vyacheslav M.

AU - Strokotov, Dmitry I.

AU - Karpenko, Andrei A.

AU - Maltsev, Valeri P.

PY - 2021/3

Y1 - 2021/3

N2 - Most of known light-scattering technologies, which allow one to separate spherical from non-spherical single particles, utilize either analysis of 2D light-scattering pattern or depolarization of light scattered. Both approaches force one to use high-sensitive detectors to provide a suitable signal to noise ratio for two-dimensionless photo matrix or for optical system with crossed polarizers. In this study, we introduce the method for discrimination of spherical and non-spherical single particles. The approach is based on measurement of leading, most intensive, element S11 of light-scattering matrix. To provide maximal signal to noise ratio we specified the light-scattering profile (LSP) in terms of integrated over azimuthal angle S11 as a function of polar scattering angle. The shape-sensitive vector-invariant for individual spherical particles was constructed from the parameters of LSP spectrum. The vector-invariant plays a role of the numerical criterion to identify spherical particles from LSPs. It can be applied to find a sphere with characteristics ranging from 16.5 to 70 and from 0.5 to 7.0 for size and phase-shift parameters respectively (size parameter α = πdn0/λ, where d – sphere diameter, λ – wavelength of the incident light, and n0 – medium refractive index, RI, phase-shift parameter ρ = 2α(m − 1), where relative RI m = n/n0 and n is the sphere RI). These ranges cover all possible characteristics of blood cells within the visible region of wavelengths. The ability of the vector-invariant to recognize spherical cells among non-spherical ones was tested theoretically by LSP databases of optical models of platelets and mature red blood cells. Moreover, experimentally the vector-invariant demonstrated good performance in searching of near-perfect spheres among milk fat globules, isolated nuclei of mononuclear cells, and completely spherized cells in a course of red blood cell lysis.

AB - Most of known light-scattering technologies, which allow one to separate spherical from non-spherical single particles, utilize either analysis of 2D light-scattering pattern or depolarization of light scattered. Both approaches force one to use high-sensitive detectors to provide a suitable signal to noise ratio for two-dimensionless photo matrix or for optical system with crossed polarizers. In this study, we introduce the method for discrimination of spherical and non-spherical single particles. The approach is based on measurement of leading, most intensive, element S11 of light-scattering matrix. To provide maximal signal to noise ratio we specified the light-scattering profile (LSP) in terms of integrated over azimuthal angle S11 as a function of polar scattering angle. The shape-sensitive vector-invariant for individual spherical particles was constructed from the parameters of LSP spectrum. The vector-invariant plays a role of the numerical criterion to identify spherical particles from LSPs. It can be applied to find a sphere with characteristics ranging from 16.5 to 70 and from 0.5 to 7.0 for size and phase-shift parameters respectively (size parameter α = πdn0/λ, where d – sphere diameter, λ – wavelength of the incident light, and n0 – medium refractive index, RI, phase-shift parameter ρ = 2α(m − 1), where relative RI m = n/n0 and n is the sphere RI). These ranges cover all possible characteristics of blood cells within the visible region of wavelengths. The ability of the vector-invariant to recognize spherical cells among non-spherical ones was tested theoretically by LSP databases of optical models of platelets and mature red blood cells. Moreover, experimentally the vector-invariant demonstrated good performance in searching of near-perfect spheres among milk fat globules, isolated nuclei of mononuclear cells, and completely spherized cells in a course of red blood cell lysis.

KW - Blood cells

KW - Flow cytometry

KW - Inverse problem

KW - Light scattering

KW - Optical particle sizing

KW - PARAMETERS

KW - POLARIZED-LIGHT

KW - FLOW

KW - MILK-FAT GLOBULES

KW - SHAPE

KW - DISCRIMINATION

KW - REFRACTIVE-INDEX

KW - RED-BLOOD-CELLS

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094903252&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106700

DO - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106700

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85094903252

VL - 135

JO - Optics and Laser Technology

JF - Optics and Laser Technology

SN - 0030-3992

M1 - 106700

ER -