title: Quantitative phase microscopy of transparent samples using a liquid crystal display.
abstract: We propose a new quantitative phase microscope based on spatial filtering of the beam carrying the sample-induced wavefront. A prototype built using a transmissive liquid crystal display for the experimental demonstration of the principle and preliminary results obtained with artificial and biological samples are presented.
authors: Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Física, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100, Murcia, Spain. iic@um.es
authors: Ignacio
authors: I
authors: Iglesias
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Vargas-Martin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D050866:Liquid Crystals; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008863:Microspheres; D055096:Optical Devices; D061848:Optical Imaging; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D011137:Polystyrenes; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology; D034421:Sus scrofa
chemical_list: D011137:Polystyrenes