Optics Primer

Throughout this primer, links to Wikipedia will be embedded in-line with a small icon link to Wikipedia. While you can't learn everything there is to know about optics on Wikipedia, it is actually a good starting place, with opportunities to obtain details as well as related topics.

This primer is not intended to be exhaustive on any subject, but to simply explain some of the more important points, particularly with regard to microscopy.

  1. Reflection and Refraction

  2. Optical Design and Apertures

  3. Interference and Diffraction

  4. Polarization

  5. Spectra and Quantum Optics

  6. Microscopy Contrast Enhancement

  7. Detectors


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