Darkfield Interactive Tutorials
Section Overview:
These Java-based interactive tutorials are designed to complement text pages by allowing students to use a web browser to simulate configuration and operation of a microscope under darkfield illumination. Both the theory and practice of darkfield microscopy are addressed by the tutorials.
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Darkfield Abbe Condensers
Explore how changes in the size of the opaque stop in a simple Abbe darkfield illumination condenser affects light cone shape and numerical aperture in this interactive tutorial.
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Hollow Light Cone Numerical Aperture
Examine how the shape and size of the hollow cone of light emitted by a hypothetical reflecting darkfield condenser changes with numerical aperture in this interactive java tutorial.
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Darkfield Condenser Adjustment
Visitors and students are allowed to experiment with the adjustable parameters in condenser alignment and configuration for darkfield microscopy in this interactive java tutorial.
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Specimen Illumination With Darkfield Condensers
Discover how a darkfield microscopy specimen scatters light into the objective when illuminated with a hollow cone of oblique illumination from a Cardioid darkfield condenser.
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Catadioptric Darkfield Reflected Light Objectives
Discover how light that is diffracted, refracted, and reflected by a specimen enters the front lens of a darkfield objective in reflected light microscopy.