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Quantitative phase imaging using actively stabilized phase-shifting low-coherence interferometry.

Hidenao Iwai·Christopher Fang-Yen·Gabriel Popescu·Adam Wax·Kamran Badizadegan·Ramachandra R Dasari·Michael S Feld
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We describe a quantitative phase-imaging interferometer in which phase shifting and noise cancellation are performed by an active feedback loop using a reference laser. Depth gating via low-coherence light allows phase measurement from weakly reflecting biological samples. We demonstrate phase images from a test structure and living cells.

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Hidenao Iwai, Christopher Fang-Yen, Gabriel Popescu, Adam Wax, Kamran Badizadegan, Ramachandra R Dasari, Michael S Feld. 2004-10-15. Quantitative phase imaging using actively stabilized phase-shifting low-coherence interferometry.. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.29.002399

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