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Every Type of Microscope Objective Explained
Nov 7th 2018 | Posted by BoliOptics

Every Type of Microscope Objective Explained

Standard Achromatic Objectives An achromatic (or achromat) objective is designed to limit the effects of chromatic & spherical aberration, in other words the incoming light rays are focused in the focal point. Achromatic lenses corrects for color, by bringing in two wavelengths (typically red and blue) into focus. The lack of a flat field of view and limited correction for chromatic aberration reduce the objectives performance. It has a flat field across the central 65% of the image of the …