We discuss implementations of a straightforward common-path interferometric system within the microscope setup to allow for quantitative phase contrast imaging. Fringe pattern generation is based on the interference between +1 and -1 diffraction grating orders. Limited angle optical diffraction tomography is realized upon illuminating the sample under varying angles and reconstructing a 3D refractive index distribution via filtered back-projection. Due to equalized optical path of both conjugate +1/-1 beams temporal coherence alteration can be easily implemented with benefits of coherent noise minimization (reducing speckles and parasitic interferences). Presented setups employ single microscope objective in an open-top configuration allowing for comfortable sample operation. Proposed 2D/3D grating-based common-path quantitative phase imaging systems are limited to sparse samples, as +1/-1 interference needs to superimpose object replica and object-free area, however.
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