We present a new optical deflection tomography method that takes advantage of the phase-shifting schlieren. The reconstruction algorithm is based on filtered backprojection. The instrument is well adapted for three-dimensional imaging of spatially sparse objects exhibiting large refractive index variations. It achieves a 35μm resolution with a 3mm depth of field. Its performance is illustrated with a bundle of fibers immersed in a matching index solution.
Beghuin, D., Dewandel, J.-L., Joannes, L., Foumouo, E., & Antoine, P. (2010). Optical deflection tomography with the phase-shifting Schlieren. Optics Letters, 35(22), 3745-3747 (November (November. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.003745 (Original work published 2010)