Anatomy of Microscopes

General anatomy

• Anatomy of the Fluorescence Microscope
• Anatomy of a Microscope
• Detectors for Sensitive Detection: HyD

Sources of light for optical microscopy

• Sources of Visible Light

Microscope objectives

• Microscope Objectives Introduction
• Specifications and Identification
• The Concept of Magnification
• Numerical Aperture and Resolution
• Optical Aberrations
• Choosing Objective lenses: The Importance of Numerical Aperture and Magnification, Piston DW, 1998 [PDF]

Light filters

• Practical Aspects of Fluorescence Filter Combinations

Electronic imaging detectors

• Digital Imaging in Optical Microscopy
• Introduction to CMOS Image Sensors
• Sensors for True Confocal Scanning