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ONE of the main advantages of interference microscopy over phase-contrast microscopy as normally practised is that certain forms can be used for the quantitative determination of the phase change or optical path difference introduced by the object1. Not all types of interference microscope, however, are equally suitable for quantitative work, as the phase difference between the interfering beams cannot always be varied continuously. It is therefore useful to have an alternative method of measuring the phase change.
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BARER, R. Interference Microspectroscopy. Nature 170, 29 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170029a0
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