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    Area of Science:

    • Optical Imaging
    • Microscopy
    • Phase Contrast Imaging

    Background:

    • Interference microscopy offers quantitative phase information for technical and biomedical applications.
    • Conventional systems can suffer from coherent noise and parasitic interference patterns, especially with low-density samples.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a compact, common-path, diffraction grating-based interference microscopy system.
    • To enable the study of small, sparsely distributed objects like single cells.
    • To reduce coherent noise by utilizing reduced temporal coherence light sources.

    Main Methods:

    • A simple binary amplitude diffraction grating is integrated into a conventional microscope.
    • The system operates in a total-shear mode, generating object-reference beam interferograms.
    • Three-beam interferograms are generated, containing achromatic second harmonics, allowing the use of low-coherence light sources (e.g., below-threshold laser diode).

    Main Results:

    • Experimental results validate the analytical description of the proposed interference microscopy method.
    • The system demonstrates capabilities for studying both static and dynamic phase objects.
    • Automatic computer processing of interferograms is successfully applied.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed diffraction grating interference microscope is a compact and effective tool for quantitative phase imaging.
    • The system's design mitigates coherent noise, making it suitable for low-density samples and reduced coherence illumination.
    • It offers a versatile platform for investigating static and dynamic micro-scale objects.