chip differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope. Using an incoherent source with a
large aperture, in-line holograms of micro-objects are created, which interact with a uniaxial
crystal and an absorbing polarizer, encoding differential interference contrast information of
the objects on the chip. Despite the fact that a unit fringe magnification and an incoherent
source with a large aperture have been used, holographic digital processing of such …