Abstract
A simple phase-contrast scheme, based on a photothermal cell, for observing transparent objects is described. A good visualization quality is shown for some objects, including those in a scattering medium.
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Original Russian Text © E.L. Bubis, 2009, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2009, No. 1, pp. 119–120.