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Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung: Fourier Optics and propagation of the Angular Spectrum; Paraxial and Fresnel approximation. Test of the optical model of Defocusing Microscopy on artificial transparent objects. Lecture 3 Defocusing Microscopy: a new way of phase retrieval and 3D imaging of transparent objects

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Page 1: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Outline

• Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells.

• Theoretical backgroung: Fourier Optics and propagation of the Angular Spectrum; Paraxial and Fresnel approximation.

• Test of the optical model of Defocusing Microscopy on artificial transparent objects.

Lecture 3Defocusing Microscopy: a new way of phase retrieval and 3D imaging of

transparent objects

Page 2: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Motivation: Study of Adhered Macrophage Motility

Film accelerate

d 16x

Page 3: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Phagocytosis of Leishmania amazonensis at 37oC

Film accelerated

16x

Page 4: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Contrast Fluctuations - Macrophage

Page 5: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Defocusing microscopy

Agero et al., PRE 67 (5), 051904 (2003) and Phys.Rev. Focus, May 21 (2003); Agero et al., Microsc. Res. Tech. 65, 159 (2004); Mesquita et al., APL (2006); Coelho-Neto et al., Biophysical J. (2006)

Infinity corrected microscope

f < 0 f = 0 f > 0

Adhered Macrophage

Page 6: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Light electric field for a defocused microscope

dezEzqA qi .),(),(

Angular spectrum of the light electric field

qdezqAzE qi

.

2),(

)2(

1),(

Considering a single polarization, propagation along z>0 and the paraxial approximation q<<k

2

2

1

)0,(),( k

qikz

eqAzqA

Free propagation of the angular spectrum

2D Fourier transformjyix ˆˆ

jqiqq yxˆˆ

From Helmholtz equation

0.22

deEkE qi 0),(),( 22

2

2

zqAqk

z

zqA

kq propagating wave

kq evanescent wave

k

zqi

ikz eeqAzqA 2

2

)0,(),(

Page 7: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Angular spectrum through a thin lens

deAik

fzqA

qk

fi

l

2)(2

02)(

2

)2(

1),(

1. From the object (z=0) to L1 (z=f1-∆f);

2. through L1

3. from L1 to L2 (distance d)

4. through L2

5. from L2 to the image plane I (distance f2 )

qdeeqABe

E qik

fqii

.2

)( 2

02)(

)2()(

00

212

1

2

2

102001 222

)(k

d

k

f

k

f

f

k

kf

fkfkfkdkkf

Electric field for the defocused microscope on the image plane

Page 8: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Diffraction by a sinusoidal phase grating with spacing L

light

ffocal plane

)sin(0

)(0

)(00

000)(xqnhiknhiki eEeEeEE

ximqm

mm enhkJEE 0)()( 000

Lq

20

02

002

0 ,)(2)( mqqqnhkJEqA xy

m

mm

ximqk

pzmqim

mm

i eenhkJEBeEf

0

12

0

2

)()(

00)( )()(

Electric field for the defocused sinusoidal phase grating

mJ are Bessel functions of order m

Page 9: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Contrast of a defocused phase grating considering only first order diffraction

2)(and1)(

thatsuch

1if

00100

0

nhknhkJnhkJ

nhk

)sin(1)( 02

)(

00)(

120

xqenhikEBeE k

pzqii

f

Defining contrast as

0

0)()(

I

IIC

with

20

20

2)()(

EBI

EI

)sin(2

sin2)(

)( 0

)(20

00

0 1xq

k

qnhk

I

IIC

pz f

NAL

n

NA

k

q

0min

maxmaxsin

Page 10: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

)sin(2

sin2)( 0

20

0 xqk

fqhnkxC

Sinusoidal Phase Grating with Spacing L

Lq

20

mL 65.1

-0,6

-0,4

-0,2

0

0,2

0,4

0,6

-150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150

f (m)

0

1 104

2 104

3 104

4 104

5 104

6 104

7 104

8 104

0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8

FFT_contraste_1.65 m

kz (m-1)

0.076 m-1

desf

= 13.16 m

22Ldef

Shifted Talbot Images

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Test of the relation

22L

def

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

-0,5 0 0,5 1 1,5 2

L (m)

13.052.1 n

Page 12: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Defocused contrast for a general transparent interface

).sin()(1

)(

qq

qhS

h

qq

k

fqqh

S

nkC

).sin(

2sin)(2)(

2

0

12

For2

k

fq

)()( 2

hfn

nC

Page 13: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Light

Objective Focal Position

Z

fz

h(x,y)

Glass-slide

solution

f

Curved Thick Phase Object

)()( 2

hhfn

nC

Page 14: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Polystyrene Spherical Cap

hhfn

nC 2)()(

DMimage

AFMimage

Page 15: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Linear Defocusing Region

Page 16: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

AFM DM

R=5.12m04.059.0

1.08.4

3.0

n

mR

mf

AFM and DM Profiles

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n=0.61±0.01

Refractive Index Difference Obtained with DM

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NCBN

NCBAIN

0

0

CameraDage-MTI – 8 bts

NCC

N

77.0

1270

NCC

N

98.0

20000

CCD Calibration

CameraUniqVision – 12 bits

Power meter intensity (W)

Page 19: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Fluctuating transparent interfaces and contrast correlation function

H

h),()(),( tuhtH

Time average

0),(and

)(),(

tu

htH

).sin(2

sin),(2),(

),(2

0

0

0

qk

fqtqH

S

n

I

ItItC

q

k

).sin(2

sin)(2

),(2

0

qk

fqqh

S

ntC

q

k

with ),(),(),( tCtCtC

and for a stationary process such thattqequtququ )(2

)(),()0,(

).cos(2

sin)()(2

),()0,0(2

222

)(0

qk

fqequ

S

ntCC tq

q

k

Space-time correlation function of contrast fluctuations

Page 20: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Mean-square fluctuation of contrast

k

fqqu

S

nfC

q

k

2sin)(

)(2)(

2

222

02

and for the continuum case

k

fqfCCfd

knkqu

2

2

2

cos)()()(

)( 22

0

4

2220

2

2

202

)()(

for

2sin)(

2

)()(

2

2

2

unC

f

k

fqquqd

nfC

k

k

Page 21: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Spacial power spectrum of fluctuations

Mean square contrast

fluctuation

Numerical example

.9.4 ;1 ;4680 ;212 ;6.7 ],m[ 1

)(2

042424

2μmR

π

)nk(mcmba

cbqaqqu

][)( 42mqu

1min 3 mq

Page 22: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Constrast correlation function

).cos(

2sin)(

2

)(sin)(

)(2

),()0,0(

}{2

22

2

2

122

1

2

2)(2)(10

q

k

qpzequ

k

qpzequ

S

nk

tCC

ftqftq

q

Diffraction by two transparent interfaces

}

{

)(2

sin

2

)(sin

)(2)(

2

2

1

2

22

10

)(

)(

qsenk

qpz

k

qpz

S

nkC

f

f

q

qH

qH

Average contrast

Page 23: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Two symmetric interfaces

Numerical example

.9.4 ;1 ;4680 ;212 ;6.7 ,1

)(2

041

2

2,1242,1 μmR

π

)nk(mcmba

cbqaqqu

Two asymmetric interfaces

Page 24: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Summary

By using the propagation of the light angular spectrum we develop an optical model for a defocused bright-field microscope.

Transparent objects can be visualized in a defocused microscope, since defocusing introduces a phase difference between the diffracted and transmitted light, which is translated into contrast after interference in the image plane.

For small defocusing the average contrast of a surface is proportional to its curvature.

We were able to obtain theoretical expressions for the correlation functions for one and two fluctuating interfaces. In the next lecture we will see, by using these expressions, how to obtain elastic information from the interfaces of living cells.

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Lecture 4Application of defocusing microscopy to study living cell motility

Outline

Application of the expressions obtained in Lecture 3 for testing motility models of living cells.

Macrophages and phagocytocis: 3D imaging and study of fluctuations. Effects of nonequilibrium.

Red Blood Cell: 3D imaging and study of coupling between the spectrin cytoskeleton and lipid bilayer via flickering. Effects of nonequilibrium.

Page 26: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

ruffle

SRMF

Results – Curvature Fluctuations

Page 27: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Cytoskeleton

Polimerized protein filaments

Actin filaments just below the plasmatic membrane

Alberts, et al Mol. Biol. Cell. 3rd Ed.Garland Pub. Inc. NY(1994)

Svitkina, Verkhovsky, MacQuade & Borisy J. Cell Biol. 139 (2), 397 (1997)

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-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

h (m

)x (m)

w

xxhxh 00 tanh1

2)(

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

(

m-1

)

x (m)

Ruffle hyperbolic

Ruffles: curvature and thickness profiles

Page 29: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

-0.05

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8h

(m

)x (m)

2

20

20)( w

xx

ehxh

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(

m-1

)

x (m)

Ruffle gaussian

Ruffles: curvature and thickness profiles

Measuring ruffle contrast as a function of defocusing we are able to obtain its refractive index.

(Coelho Neto, Biophys. J. 91, 2006)015.0049.0 n

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Spatial correlation function

-0.02

0

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

-0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

sp

ati

al

curv

atu

re c

orr

ela

tio

n f

un

cti

on

(m

-2)

distance (m)

-0,02

0

0,02

0,04

0,06

0,08

0,1

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25

sp

ati

al

corr

ela

tio

n f

un

cti

on

(m

-2)

distance (m)

Page 31: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

For bone marrow macrophages (extracted from healthy mice) this relaxation time is

s)26(

-0,02

0

0,02

0,04

0,06

0,08

0,1

0 50 100 150 200 250

cu

rva

ture

tim

e c

orr

ela

tio

n f

un

cti

on

(m

-2)

time (s)

y = m1 * exp(-M0/m2)

ErrorValue

0,000749780,10153m1

0,0575,7053m2

NA0,00053441Chisq

NA0,99463R

Time correlation function

Page 32: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Curvature probability distribution function

1

1

0.25

0.61

0.024

m

m

10

100

1000

104

105

106

107

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

N

curvature (m-1)

Page 33: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Before and after addition of 100nM of Cytochalasin-D

Ruffles are inhibited

Page 34: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

After addition of 100nM of Cytochalasin-D

Page 35: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Results: 24-37oC

2

2.4

2.8

3.2

3.6

322 324 326 328 330 332 334 336 338

ln ()

1/T (10-5 K-1)

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

322 324 326 328 330 332 334 336 338ln

(V

ruff

les)

1/T (10-5 K-1)

TkE Ba 233 TkE Ba 536

Coelho Neto et al., Exp. Cell Res. 303 (2), 207 (2005)

Page 36: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Discussion of models

Model of cellular motility : Brownian Ratchet

Dynamics of actin polymerization(diffusion + polymerization) TkE Ba 31

x

Actin filament

actin-g

fD

membrane

2.7 nm

Peskin, Odell & Oster Biophys. J. 65, 316 (1993)

Mogilner & Oster Biophys. J. 71, 3030 (1996)

Mogilner & Oster Biophys. J. 84, 1591 (2003)

Page 37: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Phagocytosis of Leishmania amazonensis at 37oC

Film accelerated

16x

Page 38: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

-50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300

me

an s

qu

are

cu

rva

ture

(m

-2)

time (s)

st f 60

Behavior of <2> near the phagossome

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

-50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300m

ean

sq

ua

re c

urv

atu

re

(m

-2)

time (s)

st f 120

Results: Phagocytosis at 37oC

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3.5

4

4.5

5

5.5

6

322 324 326 328 330 332 334 336 338

ln (

ph

ago

cyto

sis

tim

e)

1/T (10-5 K-1)

TkE Ba 438

Results: Phagocytosis from 24 to 37oC

Coelho Neto et al., Exp. Cell Res. 303 (2), 207 (2005)

Page 40: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Protein-MembraneCoupling Model

Page 41: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Theoretical model of

Experimental data ofCoelho Neto et al. Exp. Cell Res.

303, 207 (2005)

Page 42: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Objective focal plane above the RBC middle plane

Objective focal plane below the RBC middle plane

Brochard – Lennon (1975), flickering due to thermal motion of surfaces

Red Blood Cell (RBC)

Page 43: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Defocused Image of a Red Blood Cell (RBC)

-0.2

0

0.2

-10 0 10

Con

trast

position (m)

Mesquita, Agero, Mesquita, APL 88, 133901 (2006)

)(2

)()(2)( 2

212

hhh

fnC

0

0.4

0.8

0 2 4

n=0.0422

RB

C p

rofil

e (m

)

r (m)

n = 0.056

Page 44: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Limite assintótico para grandes desfocalizações

22

)( 2

k

qpf

k

qpf

k

qpf 2

1

2

12 )(cos

2

1

2

1

2

)(sin

222

122

202

21

201

2 hknhknC

Para hemácias

nmmh

h

hnkC

24024.0

3.9056.02103

2

2

224

220

2

Para

Page 45: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Membrane Free Energy Variation

2222

222uuu

kdAF C

Fourier decomposition and energy equipartition

24

2)(

qqkA

kTqu

C

Curvature energy for curved surfaces – Helfrich free-energy (Phys. Lett.1973)

21

20212

CCkCCCk

dAF CC

S. A. Safram, Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces,Interfaces, and Membranes, Addison-Wesley (1994).

u

Monge representation

21

21

0

.

and

CCK

CC

C

spontaneous curvature

main curvatures

Gaussian curvature

Membrane Elasticity and Fluctuations

Ck bending modulus

surface tension

confinement potential

Lipid bilayer Hydrophilic

Hydrophobic

water

water

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RBC Elastic Model of Auth, Safran, and Gov

d

-Brochard F. and Lennon J.F., J. Physique , 36, 1035 (1975);-Zilker A., Engelhardt H., and Sackmann E., J. Physique 48, 2139 (1987);-Evans E., Methods Enzymol. 173, 3 (1989);-Tuvia S., Levin S. and Korenstein R, Proc Natl. Acad. Science, 94, 5045 (1997);-Tuvia S., Levin S. Bither A. and Korenstein R., J. Cell Biol. 141, 1551 (1998); -Gov N., Zilman A.G. and Safran S., Physical Review Letters 90 (22), 228101 (2003); -Gov N. and Safran S., Biophys. J. 88 (22), 1859 (2005);-Auth T., Safran S. and Gov N., Physical Review E 76 , 051910 (2007).

B. Alberts et al.,”MolecularBiology of the Cell”, (2002)

spectrin

bilayer

Spectrin filaments

Actin nodes

Detachedfilaments

Cytoskeleton is modeled as a hexagonal network of entropic springs

ATP driven non-thermal effects

Page 47: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

24

2)(

qqk

kTqu

efc

ef

C

efef k

kT

16

9

)2(3

3 2 KHdAA

fC

tqequtququ )(2)(),()0,(

242

4

))(22)2exp(1)(2exp()( qqk

q

qdqdqdqdq efc

bathef TT

RBC Elastic Model of Auth, Safran, and Gov

cytoskeleton shear modulus

cytoplasm viscosity

bilayer curvature modulusck

efT effective temperature

Page 48: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

se

2211 )()()( hzhzn

nC ff

)(2

)( fn

nC

2

21

2 hh

sendo2

21 hhzf f

Reference System

Glass-slide

Symmetry plane

lightorigen

Page 49: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

TransformFourier

q

C

fnhh

2

10

)(

2

1)(

2

2

25.0

13.0

2

1

mf

mf

C

C

Results

X (m)

X (m) (m)

Page 50: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Middle region of a RBC

Defocusing microscopy is able to provide quantitative data about the fluctuations of each interface of a RBC separately.

Contrast correlation between the same pixel after 33ms. The decay oflarge wavenumber fluctutations isevident in the figure.

Measurements of RBC Flickering with DM

G. Glionna et al. APL (2009)

Page 51: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

]3

16

92

sin

316

92

sin

[2

)(

224

222

124

2122

02

CC

efC

ef

q

CC

efC

ef

fqk

kTqk

qk

pkT

fqk

kTqk

qk

pkT

S

nkC

ff

f

zz

z

0.0002

0.00022

0.00024

0.00026

0.00028

0.0003

0.00032

0.00034

9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12

<

C2(z

f)>

zf (m)

With DM we measured

22

21

25.0

13.0

mf

mf

C

C

bathef

ef

ef

C

TT

bkg

mkT

kT

k

3.3

.10)03.040.1(

;10)4.02.9(

8.06.7

4

23

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510)2.08.1(

)121(

bkg

nmd

2 10-5

4 10-5

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Page 53: Outline Defocusing Microscopy: a full-field technique for phase retrieval in transparent objects (phase objects) to study living cells. Theoretical backgroung:

Summary • We developed an optical model of a Defocused Microscope, such that

height profile of phase objects can be reconstructed from their defocused images.

• With Defocusing Microscopy (DM), fluctuations on cell surfaces with nanometer height amplitude can be analyzed. By scanning the microscope objective focal plane position, one can selectively obtain information about fluctuations on different interfaces in a multilayer material. Fluctuation spatial power spectra of each interface can separately be obtained.

• We used DM to study flickering of red blood cells. We are able to test a recent elasticity model of RBC, obtain the effective lipid bilayer curvature modulus, cytoskeleton shear modulus, normalized by the effective temperature, and the average distance between the bilayer and cytoskeleton.

• Defocusing microscopy is a full-field technique for phase retrieval in phase objects, which can be implemented in any standard optical microscope.