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The following pages give descriptions of optical terminology for the detailed understanding of microscopes.
Index
- Optical Microscopes
- Infinity-corrected Optical System
- Reflected Illumination
- Reflected Brightfield Observation
- Reflected Darkfield Observation
- Reflected Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) Observation
- Reflected Fluorescence Observation
- Polarized Observation
- IR (Infrared) Observation
- Objective Lens
- Working Distance (W.D.)
- Mechanical Tube Length
- Parfocal Distance
- Depth of Field
- Pupil Diameter and Beam Spot Diameter of Objective Lens
- Relationship Between Focal Distance and Magnification of Objective Lens
- Total Magnification (Eyepiece Observation, Video Monitor Observation)
- Numerical Aperture (N.A.)
- Resolving Power
- Field Number (F.N.) and Field of View (F.O.V.)
- Requirements for Ideal Image Formation
- Categorization of Aberrations
- Wavefront Aberration
- Strehl Ratio
Keywords
Microscope Types
- Optical Microscope
- Simple Microscope
- Compound Microscope
- Scanning Probe Microscope
- Atomic Force Microscope
Microscope Structures
- Observation Optical System
- Illumination Optical System
- Finite Correction Optical System
- Infinity-corrected Optical System
- Koehler Illumination
- Objective Lens
- Achromat
- Apochromat
- Semi-apochromat (Fluorite)
Microscopy
- Reflected Brightfield Observation
- Reflected Darkfield Observation
- Reflected Differential Interference Contrast Observation
- Reflected Fluorescence Observation
- Polarized Observation
- IR (Infrared) Observation
Basic Terminology
- Total Magnification
- Resolving Power
- Working Distance
- Depth of Focus
- Numerical Aperture
- Field Number
- Field of View
- Focal Distance
- Parfocal Distance
- Mechanical Tube Length
- Beam Spot Diameter
- Pupil Diameter
Aberration