Lieberkühn Reflector
A Lieberkühn reflector (also known as Lieberkühn mirror or simply Lieberkühn) is an illumination device for incident light illumination (epi-illumination) in light microscopes. It encircles the objective (optics), objective, with the mirrored surface facing towards the specimen. This allows illuminating an opaque object from the side of the objective, with the light source positioned behind the specimen as in a transmission microscope. The device is named after Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711–1756) who used and popularized it but did not invent it. Similar mirrors were described and used by earlier microscopists. Operation and Light Path The principle is explained for a modern upright compound microscope, where the light source illuminates the specimen from below. The light passes the object of interest laterally upwards. When using the Lieberkühn reflector, the opening in the microscope stage is covered with a flat glass plate upon which the specimen is placed. Typic ...
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