THE TOUR OF OPTICAL MICROSCOPE

Introduction

• An optical microscope, commonly referred to as a light microscope.


• It uses one or more lenses to magnify visible light images of tiny materials.


• The lenses are positioned between the sample and the viewer's eye to enlarge the image and enable closer examination.


• There are two types of Optical Microscope:
  1. Simple Microscope
  2. Compound Microscope