VINSE has several microscopes available for optical characterization of materials. Specific capabilities and locations are provided below.
Inspection Microscope
Nikon Eclipse LV100
Overview
The Nikon Eclipse LV100 is a simple to use inspection microscope equipped with 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100x objectives and a halogen light source. It is also capable of bright field, darkfield and polarized light microscopy. The microscope is equipped with an Infinity3-6UR 6 Megapixel, wide field of view, color CCD camera. Presets for each objective have been calibrated for white balance and on-image measurements. One is available in the cleanroom and one in specimen prep.
Capabilities
- Brightfield and Darkfield Optical Microscopy
- Polarized Light Microscopy
- Video Recording (27 fps full frame, 75 fps 640x480)
- Image Stitching
- Measurements
Applications
- Component Inspection
- Sample Preparation
- Process Validation
- Micron-scale Imaging
Nikon Contact
Optical Microscope
Olympus BX51M with Digital Image Capture
Overview
The Olympus BX51M is an optical microscope equipped with 2.5, 10, 50, and 100x objectives and reflected light illumination. The BX51M offers both a microscope lens view and a computer monitor display view. The microscope is equipped with a Lumenera INFINITY2-2 high resolution CCD color microscopy camera.
Capabilities
- WD MPlanFL N BD Objectives
- 12V 100 Watt Reflected Light Illumination
- Image analysis software:
- INFINITY Capture 6.5.6
- INFINITY Analyze 6.5.5
- Camera control, measurement, annotations, post capture enhancement
- 4” x 4” mechanical stage
Olympus Contact
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VINSE Cleanroom
Dr. Ben Schmidt, Manager
Dr. Christina McGahan
Megan Dernberger- 111 Engineering Science Building