Dark-field light scattering microscope with focus stabilization

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NL000012 Project Website

Certification Date

February 03, 2023

Country

Netherlands

We present detailed design and operation instructions for a single-objective inverted microscope. Our design is suitable for two dark-field modes of operation: 1- total internal reflection scattering, and 2- cross-polarization backscattering. The user can switch between the two modes by exchanging one mode-steering element, which is also adapted to the Thorlabs cage system. To establish a stable background speckle for differential microscopy the imaging plane is stabilized with active feedback.

Version

1.0

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Hardware
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Software
No software
Documentation
CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Project Type
Science
Keywords
Cross-polarization Microscopy, Dark-field Imaging, Focus Stabilization, Inverted Microscope

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