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The A to Z for Microscopy
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Lapping
For the lapping process a lubricant or paste with abrasive particles is used (instead of grinding paper with fixed particles). The lapping of ...
Laser
A laser is a device which generates monochromatic, coherent and collimated light by a process called light amplification by stimulated ...
Laser ablation
Because laser light is nearly perfectly collimated, coherent and monochromatic it is possible to focus a laser beam down to diffraction limited spot ...
Light sources for fluorescence microscopy
Proper illumination is a prerequisite for light microscopy in general but this topic is of prime importance when it comes to ...
LUT (=Look-up Table)
The on-screen appearance of digital images, that is, the way the data are displayed, is defined by the display palette or look-up table. It relates the ...
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