Light Microscopy for You
From BioDIP
- Admin intro
- What is contrast? (No light = no image; no contrast = no resolution)
- Fluorescence and Stokes Shift
- Pixel Spacing (size?) Physical CCD dexels vs Picture Elements
- Numerical Aperture vs Magnification : Abbe/Rayleigh Resolution d = lambda / 2NA
- What is confocal
- Coverslip thickness is part of the objective design (#1.5 0.17 mm +- 0.01)
- Point Spread Function / Airy Disk
- lens cleaning
- safety ; mercury lamps, lasers (jewelry, interlocks)