A diffuser moved randomly over a sample can be the basis of a computational microscope, according to researchers at the University of Connecticut. Lensless computational microscopy is not new – Horiba and French research lab Leti revealed one a couple of years ago. A disadvantage is that a lot of computing power is needed to reverse-engineer diffraction patterns ...

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