Optical microscopy We want to see more details Magnification Resolution Contrast Simple microscope MENA3100, 26/1-10
The simple microscope Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632−1723)
The compound microscope ca Hans Janssen Robert Hooke (1635−1703) Micrographia, 1664
Don’t get too hang up in the ray tracing
Stereo microscope
Compound microscope for transmitted light
Inverted compound microscope for reflected light
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Illuminating system Specimen Filament Field diaphragm Aperture diaphragm Condenser lens
Illuminating system Specimen Filament Field diaphragm Aperture diaphragm Condenser lens Köhler illumination Uniform specimen illumination Field diaphragm Controll illuminated area Aperture diaphragm Controll angle of the cone of light
Imaging system Specimen Objective Tube lens Eyepiece Okular
Primary image
Refraction Kromatisk abberation
Spherical abberation
Corrections The objective
Numerical aperture (NA) NA = nsin R = 0,61 /NA Resolution Rayleigh criterion (Raleigh in Brandon and Kaplan)
The limiting factor: Diffraction Oil immersion NA = nsin
Condenser system Eyepice Ocular (okular) More is needed than just the objective
Optical anisotropy Calcite
Amorphous and cubic: Optically isotropic, one refracive index Hexagonal, trigonal, tetragonal: Optically anisotropic, two refractive indices Lower symmetry: Optically anisotropic, three refractive indices
Optically active crystals in the microscope
Michel-Levy chart
Remember that geologists often call their book on microscopy on thin sections for optical crystallography, and microscopy with reflected light is ore microscopy (malmmikroskopi). Some web sites: maintenance: