By Oxford Materials Characterisation Service
Optical microscopes are available at OMCS for different stages of sample preparation and analysis. Polyvar Reichert-Jung Optical Microscope - Bright field (BF), dark field (DF) and polarisation modules - Can be operated in reflective or transmission mode - Equipped with Leica Application Suite (LAS) for image acquisition, complemented with extended capabilities for specific applications:- Multifocus: creates a single sharp image by capturing a stack of images at different focus positions and combining them automatically into an Extended Depth of Focus (EDOF) image Multistep: creates 2D images from multiple tiled images captured automatically. Single images can be retrieved and analysed with LAS Image Analysis Montage and Montage Viewer: creates sharp 2D images from several partially in-focus images Grain Expert: evaluates the properties of materials by analysing grain size to help determine the characteristics of the final product Phase Expert: measures multi-phase microstructures indentified by their distinctive color or contrast in materials and metallurgy laboratories Leica M165C Stereo Microscope - Equipped with Leica Application Suite (LAS) for image acquisition, complemented with extended capabilities for specific applications:- Live Z Builder: constructs a single in-focus image if shallow depth of field provides only a partly focused image
