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What Is Optical Microscopy? Optical microscopy is a technique that uses visible light and a series of lenses to magnify small objects to a level where they can be observed and analyzed. It is a widely used tool in many fields, including biology, material science, and physics, among others. In an optical microscope, light from a source is focused onto the specimen through a series of lenses, and th …

Quite often people tell us the microscope resolution they need, but they don't really know what they mean by resolution. That's okay, as it is not necessarily a straight-forward concept. What is Resolution In A Microscope? In microscopy, resolution is a numeric quantification of how clearly an objective lens can image a specimen. More specifically, it is the shortest distance between two objects w …