High speed wide-field mid-infrared photothermal imaging by a single-pixel pump-probe camera

Mid-infrared photothermal (MIP) microscopy overcomes the resolution and huge water background limits in conventional mid-infrared imaging by probing the mid-infrared absorption induced photothermal effect. However, to detect the subtle MIP signal, large probe power and lock-in detection are needed, which limit the imaging speed of current MIP systems. To overcome this limitation, we develop a single-pixel pump-probe camera that leverages the...