Model: Olympus BX41-12H02
Brand: Olympus
Research Binocular Microscope
Status: Currently Under Maintenance
Phase Contrast Microscope is an optical microscope that converts small phase shifts in light into differences in light intensity developing more contrast in images that can be easily detected by human eyes. When light passes through transparent specimens a small phase shift occurs which can’t be detected by our eyes. Using phase plates, these small phase shifts are converted to changes in the amplitude of light. This change in amplitude can be observed as differences in image contrast. It can be used for observing living cells in their natural state without staining or fixing. Transparent specimens and subcellular organelles can be viewed with better contrast. Due to the difference in thickness and refractive index of different parts of a specimen, a small phase shift in light rays occurs when the light passes through the specimens. This phase shift can be changed into differences in light intensity (brightness) which will produce more contrast in the image.
Specification:
Head = Binocular, Ergo Tilting, or Trinocular, Eyepieces: 10x Eyepieces, Nosepiece = 5 Position, Objectives = Plan 4x, Plan Phase 10x, 20x, 40x, 100x oil , Stage = Mechanical XY, Condenser = Phase Turret Condenser- Phase, Brightfield, Darkfield, Green Interference Filter, Focusing = Coarse & Fine, Light Source = Halogen
UNDER MAINTENANCE