An introduction to diffractive tomographic microscopy
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We present the principles of diffractive tomographic microscopy. Contrary to classical transmission microscopy, this technique is based on a coherent, monochromatic, polarized illumination of the specimen, and records the diffracted light in both amplitude and phase using a holographic detection set-up. Combined with multiple illuminations of the specimen, a tomography is performed, and a numerical reconstruction of the index of refraction distribution within the specimen is obtained.
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