Optical microscope apparatus
AssigneeTBC Optics, LLC
InventorsStanley A. Truman, JR., W. Eric Rowley
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provide for an optical microscope apparatus including a light source, a base unit, a rotary monochromatic dispersion unit, a condenser, a stage, an objective, a tubular assembly and an ocular assembly. In a preferred embodiment, light travels from the light source sequentially through each of these seven components, producing an image of the contents of a slide on the stage to a user looking through the ocular assembly. In the base unit, in place of a standard mirror which would direct the light vertically up into the scope along the z-axis, a right angle piece of single crystal Calcite, known as Iceland Spar is used, which has a birefringent affect upon the light as it passes up through the scope.
Claims2
An optical microscope including:
- a base unit containing a birefringent prism;
- a rotary monochromatic dispersion unit containing at least one Risley Prism;
- a condenser;
- a stage;
- an objective;
- a tubular assembly containing an Abbe Koenig prism;
- and
- an ocular assembly, where light travels sequentially through the base unit, rotary monochromatic dispersion unit, condenser, stage, objective, tubular assembly and ocular assembly to produce an image of a specimen on said stage.
An optical microscopy method including:
- directing light from a light source through a birefringent material;
- directing said light from said birefringent material through a standard microscope condenser, stage and objective;
- directing light from said objective through a tubular assembly containing an Abbe Koenig prism;
- directing light from said tubular assembly through an ocular assembly for viewing by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.