Refractive objectives are so-called because the elements bend or refract light as it passes through the system. They are well suited to machine vision applications, as they can provide high resolution imaging of very small objects or ultra fine details. Each element within a refractive element is typically coated with an anti-reflective coating.

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I had a couple friends, military and they installed some of the radar sites in Alaska for NORAD… They told me it was common to stand in front of the dish and have someone warm them up…

If you have some leftovers of different polycarbonate or acrylic, you can do a “low-tech” test by testing whether your laser can cut through or is blocked by these materials. Place a piece of cardboard under the glass and test with maximum laser effect. I built a housing for my diode laser with orange material, it worked as intended.

A basic compound microscope could consist of just two elements acting in relay, the objective and the eyepiece. The objective relays a real image to the eyepiece, while magnifying that image anywhere from 4-100x.  The eyepiece magnifies the real image received typically by another 10x, and conveys a virtual image to the sensor.

Does anybody know of a not too expensive source for this material to block 1080nm wavelength? (What I have found so far is shockingly expensive, I can even relax somewhat with the blocking level, it is not about a $200k 5kW industrial laser)

technically, it’s just the wavelength that can’t be “used” for organic substances, just as diode lasers can’t handle clear acrylic. Meeennnn… it’s still creepy. It reminds me of a video I saw where someone shoots a laser beam into a pig’s eye (from the butcher) to see the consequences…

In modern microscopes, neither the eyepiece nor the microscope objective is a simple lens. Instead, a combination of carefully chosen optical components work together to create a high quality magnified image. A basic compound microscope can magnify up to about 1000x. If you need higher magnification, you may wish to use an electron microscope, which can magnify up to a million times.

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When my enclosure is ready I will mount a web camera inside to watch the process, would be even more comfortable to watch it from my chair on my monitor. and much cheaper to replace that camera than my eyes

There are two major specifications for a microscope: the magnification power and the resolution. The magnification tells us how much larger the image is made to appear. The resolution tells us how far away two points must be to  be distinguishable. The smaller the resolution, the larger the resolving power of the microscope. The highest resolution you can get with a light microscope is 0.2 microns (0.2 microns), but this depends on the quality of both the objective and eyepiece.

Numerical aperture NA denotes the light acceptance angle. Where θ is the maximum 1/2 acceptance ray angle of the objective and n is the index of refraction of the immersive medium, the NA can be denoted by

I put my vent tube right next to my work or it goes everywhere. It’s on magnets so I can place it anywhere. I have a steel sheet on the aluminum base…

I’ve seen videos of people sticking thier finger in a K40 beam between m2/m3. Said it was like a cigarette burn… In my mind it’s stupid, but, I’ll watch them do it…

The parfocal length of a microscope is defined as the distance between the object being studied and the objective mounting plane.

At Avantier we produce high quality microscope objectives lenses, ocular lenses, and other imaging systems. We are also able to provide custom designed optical lenses as needed. Chromatic focus shift, working distance, image quality, lens mount, field of view, and antireflective coatings are just a few of the parameters we can work with to create an ideal objective for your application. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you meet your goals.

The optical performance of an objective is dependent largely on the optical aberration correction, and these corrections are also central to image quality and measurement accuracy. Objective lenses are classified as achromat, plan achromat, plan semi apochromat, plan apochromat, and super apochromat depending on the degree of correction.

mmmm, then it is not suitable, at least not as protection. But, still an important piece of information that I, at least, didn’t know.

An microscope objective  may be either reflective or refractive. It may also be either finite conjugate or infinite conjugate.

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Microscope objective lenses are typically the most complex part of a microscope.  Most microscopes will have three or four objectives lenses, mounted on a turntable for ease of use. A scanning objective lens will provide 4x magnification,  a low power magnification lens will provide magnification of 10x, and a high power objective offers 40x magnification. For high magnification, you will need to use oil immersion objectives. These can provide up to 50x, 60x, or 100x magnification and increase the resolving power of the microscope, but they cannot be used on live specimens.

While most microscope objectives are designed to work with air between the objective and cover glass, objectives lenses designed for higher NA and greater magnification sometimes use an alternate immersion medium. For instance, a typical oil immersion object is meant to be used with an oil with refractive index of 1.51.

I’ve seen videos of people sticking thier finger in a K40 beam between m2/m3. Said it was like a cigarette burn… In my mind it’s stupid, but, I’ll watch them do it…

The ventilation on mine needs to be near the object, unlike the co2, although it might work better following the head around… not really an option.

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Historically microscopes were simple devices composed of two elements. Like a magnifying glass today, they produced a larger image of an object placed within the field of view. Today, microscopes are usually complex assemblies that include an array of lenses, filters, polarizers, and beamsplitters. Illumination is arranged to provide enough light for a clear image, and sensors are used to ‘see’ the object.

The working distance of a microscope is defined as the free distance between the objective lens and the object being studied. Low magnification objective lenses have a long working distance.

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People stick their hands in the beam… I wouldn’t. I’ve tried to mark baloney/hot dogs, nothing… must not have the same effect. I can mark them with the co2.

Both the objective lens and the eyepiece also contribute to the overall magnification of the system. If an objective lens magnifies the object by 10x and the eyepiece by 2x, the microscope will magnify the object by 20. If the microscope lens magnifies the object by 10x and the eyepiece by 10x, the microscope will magnify the object by 100x. This multiplicative relationship is the key to the power of microscopes, and the prime reason they perform so much better than simply magnifying glasses.

Although today’s microscopes are usually far more powerful than the microscopes used historically, they are used for much the same purpose: viewing objects that would otherwise be indiscernible to the human eye.  Here we’ll start with a basic compound microscope and go on to explore the components and function of larger more complex microscopes. We’ll also take an in-depth look at one of the key parts of a microscope, the objective lens.

Jack, l have watched them video’s from time to time. The first question that came to mind was what would it do to your bones .

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Most microscopes rely on background illumination such as daylight or a lightbulb rather than a dedicated light source. In brightfield illumination (also known as Koehler illumination), two convex lenses, a collector lens and a condenser lens,  are placed so as to saturate the specimen with external light admitted into the microscope from behind. This provides a bright, even, steady light throughout the system.

Yes, that is fortunately true, otherwise with such proliferation of these lasers in people’s homes what we are experiencing, and if it worked like Luke Skywalker’s sword there’d be a lot more people with less than ten fingers. another question is what will we do with lasers (for money) when almost everyone will soon have his own machine to play with?

A microscope is an optical device designed to magnify the image of an object, enabling details indiscernible to the human eye to be differentiated. A microscope may project the image onto the human eye or onto a camera or video device.

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I am thinking about to build a DIY quicly removable enclosure around my 1080nm JPT MOPA 60W galvo laser. One of my reasons is that although I can wear safety glasses, but making sure nobody enters inattentively my workshop during lasering is an additional worry. and that I shouldn’t be so keen to rule out all possibilities of forgetting the glasses would also be a relief. in some countries, like eg. Germany (maybe all EU?) open lasers are not even allowed in professional use. I am thinking of magnetic mounts, so the four shields (each on one side, open on top) can be removed quickly. Three of them could be just plain sheet metal or some plastic, but on the front I would use some transparent laser safety acrylic or polycarbonate would be even better, not that fragile.

If I can’t engrave a piece of meat at the focus, I doubt it’s going to do much damage to someones finger. The people that have done it, claim it’s slightly warm.

The field of view (FOV) of a microscope is simply the area of the object that can be imaged at any given time. For an infinity-corrected objective, this will be determined by the objective magnification and focal length of the tube lens. Where a camera is used the FOV  also depends on sensor size.

There are some important specifications and terminology you’ll want to be aware of when designing a microscope or ordering microscope objectives. Here is a list of key terminology.

A reflective objective works by reflecting light rather than bending it. Primary and secondary mirror systems both magnify and relay the image of the object being studied. While reflective objectives are not as widely used as refractive objectives, they offer many benefits. They can work deeper in the UV or IR spectral regions, and they are not plagued with the same aberrations as refractive objectives. As a result, they tend to offer better resolving power.

While a magnifying glass consists of just one lens element and can magnify any element placed within its focal length, a compound lens, by definition, contains multiple lens elements. A relay lens system is used to convey the image of the object to the eye or, in some cases, to camera and video sensors.

If you stick your hand into the laser beam where it is not focused, there is a chance you could get away with that. But I wouldn’t try it either.

A basic achromatic objective is a refractive objective that consists of just an achromatic lens and a meniscus lens, mounted within appropriate housing. The design is meant to limit the effects of chromatic and spherical aberration  as they bring two wavelengths of light to focus in the same plane. Plan Apochromat objectives can be much more complex with up to fifteen elements. They can be quite expensive, as would be expected from their complexity.

The eyepiece or ocular lens is the part of the microscope closest to your eye when you bend over to look at a specimen. An eyepiece usually consists of two lenses: a field lens and an eye lens. If a larger field of view is required, a more complex eyepiece  that increases the field of view can be used instead.