Grayfield Optical Inc - High Resolution Optical Microscopes
Ergonom versus Fluorescence Microscope
Comparison
Fluorescence microscopes are often used due to the generally better image quality when compared to white light microscopes. This is based on the use on ultra-violet light with its shorter wavelengths therefore allowing a better resolution.
We are often asked why our Ergonom microscopes use white light when UV would offer even more resolution.
When using the Olbrich Lens System, the white light source used on the Ergonom provides a better more detailed image than UV can do, without the inherent dangers associated with UV light usage.
Fluorescence Microscope
Part of a computer chip, that has been treated for viewing under a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), as seen with UV light.
Ergonom Microscope
The same chip, now seen under white light using the Ergonom microscope. The white light image provides a clearer image.
Cross section of a bone from a racing horse:
Fluorescence Microscope
Ergonom Microscope
The images on the left show the normal fluorescence images, with minimised over exposure. Normal fluorescence images cannot show the structures beneath them at the same time. In order to make the images on the right, with the Ergonom microscope, a combination of fluoresence and phase contrast was used to obtain an image with the detailed background.
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