Diffraction phase microscopy: Principles and applications in materials and life sciences

Advances in Optics and Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-119

  Bhaduri, Basanta ^a   Edwards, Chris ^a   Pham, Hoa ^a   Zhou, Renjie ^a   Nguyen, Tan H ^a   Goddard, Lynford L ^a   Popescu, Gabriel ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; NOISE POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; EXPANSION AND DEFORMATION; INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM; NANOSCALE PHENOMENON; PHOTOCHEMICAL ETCHING; QUANTITATIVE PHASE IMAGING; SEMI-CONDUCTOR WAFER; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84897061006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.6.000057     Document Type: Article

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