TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential interference contrast microscopy as a polarimetric instrument
AU - Resnick, Andrew
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy is shown to be equivalent to an incomplete Stokes polarimeter capable of probing optical properties of materials on microscopic-length scales. The Mueller matrix for a DIC microscope is calculated for various types of samples, and the polarimetric properties for DIC component parts of a spaceflight microscope are spectrally measured. As a practical application, a measurement of the index mismatch between colloidal particles and a nearly index-matched fluid bath was performed. © 2002 Optical Society of America.
AB - Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy is shown to be equivalent to an incomplete Stokes polarimeter capable of probing optical properties of materials on microscopic-length scales. The Mueller matrix for a DIC microscope is calculated for various types of samples, and the polarimetric properties for DIC component parts of a spaceflight microscope are spectrally measured. As a practical application, a measurement of the index mismatch between colloidal particles and a nearly index-matched fluid bath was performed. © 2002 Optical Society of America.
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U2 - 10.1364/AO.41.000038
DO - 10.1364/AO.41.000038
M3 - Article
SN - 1559-128X
VL - 41
SP - 38
EP - 45
JO - Applied Optics
JF - Applied Optics
IS - 1
ER -