A Simple Configuration for Quantitative Phase Contrast Microscopy of Transmissible Samples

Wire grid polarizer based in-line laser interferometer for macroscopic and microscopic phase estimation of transmissive and reflective phase samples

“…A lateral shear interferometer [42][43][44][45] or radial shear interferometer [46][47][48] along with a phase shifting technique could be the best solution for this kind of requirement, but the ultra-precision control in directional shift and complex calculation makes this technology far more error-prone. A near common-path laser interferometer and interference microscope design with polarization phase-shifting ability for reflective phase samples in converging illuminating beams has been previously proposed by the present authors [49][50][51].…”