Microscopes

A microscope () is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope. Microscopic means being invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope.

a magnifying system capable of showing the interior or surface of a microscopic object by means of directed electron beams

microscope that uses visible light

type of electron microscope used for looking at atoms

optical microscope that uses fluorescence and phosphorescence

optical microscopy technique

thumb | right | Ultramicroscope at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary An ultramicroscope is a microscope with a system that lights the object in a way that allows viewing of tiny particles via light scattering, and not light reflection or absorption. When the diameter of a particle is below or near the wavelength of visible light (around 500 nanometers), the particle cannot be seen in a light microscope with the usual methods of illumination. The ultra- in ultramicroscope refers to the ability to see objects whose diameter is shorter than the wavelength of visible light, on the model of the ult

Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.

optical microscope

optical microscope with two eyepieces and objectives, allowing spatial vision of the sample

captures information about the light field emanating from a scene; that is, the intensity of light in a scene, and also the direction that the light rays are traveling in space

microscope used for imaging atom arrangements

microscopy technique

Type of microscope that uses X-rays

optical system with resolution performance at the instrument's theoretical limit

instrument for the chemical analysis of solids

X-ray imaging method

microscope to observe a very shallow depth in a cell

microscope that outputs an image to a monitor

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type of microscope

microscope with its light source and condenser on the top

A microprobe is an instrument that applies a stable and well-focused beam of charged particles (electrons or ions) to a sample.

type of microscope

condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects

imaging technology based on a scanning helium ion beam

field ion microscope coupled with a mass spectrometer

company

computer-aided tomographic process

Type of microscope

microscopy technique that uses interference and fluorescence computers