Optical microscopy Magnification We want to see more details MENA3100, 14.01.09 OBK Optical microscopy Magnification Resolution Contrast We want to see more details Simple microscope
The simple microscope Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632−1723)
The compound microscope ca. 1595 Hans Janssen Robert Hook (1635−1703) Micrographia, 1664
Stereo microscope
Compound microscope for transmitted light
Inverted compound microscope for reflected light
Refraction Kromatisk abberation
Spherical abberation
Corrections The objective
NA = nsina Resolution R = 0,61l/NA Numerical aperture (NA) Rayleigh criterion (Raleigh in Brandon and Kaplan)
The limiting factor: Diffraction NA = nsina Oil immersion
Condenser system Eyepice Ocular (okular) More is needed than just the objective Condenser system Eyepice Ocular (okular)
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
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: http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/ http://www.microscopyu.com/ http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/ http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/pdfs/basicsandbeyond.pdf maintenance: http://www.zeiss.de/C1256D18002CC306/0/1205E8CBD68054EAC125701500404705/$file/46-0009_e.pdf