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  2. Optical microscope - Wikipedia

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    The optical microscope, also referred to as a light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to generate magnified images of small objects. Optical microscopes are the oldest design of microscope and were possibly invented in their present compound form in the 17th century.

  3. Confocal microscopy - Wikipedia

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    Fluorescence and confocal microscopes operating principle. Confocal microscopy, most frequently confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) or laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), is an optical imaging technique for increasing optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by means of using a spatial pinhole to block out-of-focus light in image formation. [1]

  4. Bruker Releases AFM Zoom Option for 3D Optical Microscopes - AOL

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    Bruker Releases AFM Zoom Option for 3D Optical Microscopes NanoLens™ Accessory Expands Power of ContourGT Systems BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research ...

  5. Magnification - Wikipedia

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    Without oil immersion, the maximum usable magnification is around 800×. For details, see limitations of optical microscopes. Small, cheap telescopes and microscopes are sometimes supplied with the eyepieces that give magnification far higher than is usable. The maximum relative to the minimum magnification of an optical system is known as zoom ...

  6. Phase-contrast microscopy - Wikipedia

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    In its positive form, the background light is instead phase-shifted by +90°. The background light will thus be 180° out of phase relative to the scattered light. The scattered light will then be subtracted from the background light to form an image with a darker foreground and a lighter background, as shown in the first figure. [5] [6] [7]

  7. Electron microscope - Wikipedia

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    A transmission electron microscope from 2002 An image of an ant in a scanning electron microscope An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of electrons as a source of illumination. They use electron optics that are analogous to the glass lenses of an optical light microscope to control the electron beam, for instance focusing ...

  8. Super-resolution microscopy - Wikipedia

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    Resolution increases from 20x with an optical microscope to 1500x, comparable to a scanning electron microscope, via a neural lens. [116] These techniques have applications in super-resolving images from positron-emission tomography and fluorescence microscopy.

  9. Stereo microscope - Wikipedia

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    The stereo, stereoscopic or dissecting microscope is an optical microscope variant designed for low magnification observation of a sample, typically using light reflected from the surface of an object rather than transmitted through it. The instrument uses two separate optical paths with two objectives and eyepieces to provide slightly ...