Thin unstained, transparent specimens are excellent candidates for imaging with classical differential interference (DIC) microscopy techniques over a relatively narrow range (plus or minus one-quarter wavelength) of bias retardation. The digital images presented in this gallery represent a wide spectrum of specimens, which vary from unstained cells, tissues, and whole organisms to both lightly and heavily stained thin and thick sections. In addition, several specimens exhibiting birefringent character are included to demonstrate the kaleidoscopic display of color that arises when anisotropic substances are imaged with this technique.
- American Dog Tick
- Amphipods
- Hookworm
- Aurelia Jellyfish
- Canine Tapeworm
- Cat Testes Stained
- Chicken Embryo
- Chicken Embryo Lens
- Chinese Liver Fluke
- Chironomid Fly Larva
- Sponge Fibers
- Ctenoid Fish Scale
- Cucumber Tapeworm
- Cycloid Fish Scale
- Deer Tick
- Desmid Algae
- Diatom Frustule
- Digenetic Trematode
- Down Feathers
- Earthworm Muscles
- Earthworm Nerves
- Euchlanis Rotifer
- Adipose Tissue
- Fern Leaves
- Frog Heart Muscle
- Frog Testes
- Fungus Fruiting Bodies
- Human Cerebrum
- Cheek Epithelial Cells
- Human Erythrocytes
- Human Flea
- Hydatid Cysts
- Muntjac Deer Skin
- Intestinal Fluke
- Intestine Thin Section
- Jellyfish Sensors
- Kapok Fibers
- Kevlar Fibers
- Lancelets
- Lancelet
- Lily Flower Buds
- Lone Star Tick
- Mammalian Liver
- Moss Antheridia
- Moss Bulbils
- Mouse Kidney
- Mushroom Fungus
- Nucleic Acid Stains
- Obelia Hydroid
- Pennaria Hydrozoa
- Pine Tree Pollen
- Planaria Cross Section
- Polypropylene Fibers
- Man-of-War Tentacles
- Ragweed Pollen
- Rocky Mtn. Wood Tick
- Human Cerebellum
- Spirogyra Algae
- Sponge Skeleton
- Liver Fluke Eggs
- Stained Hydra
- Sun Animalcules
- Taenia Tapeworm
- Timothy Grass Pollen
- Trematode Rediae
- Triacetate Fibers
- Tubifex Worms
- Vas Deferens
- Vorticella Ciliates
- Water Flea
- Whipworm Eggs
- Wild Silk Fibers
- Zygnema Algae