PSM Application Notes
Aligning a Parabola to an Autocollimating Flat Mirror (ABSTRACT)
Aligning Optical Elements to a Common Axis (ABSTRACT)
Measurement of Radius of Curvature (ABSTRACT)
Measuring Wedge in a Window (ABSTRACT)
The Autostigmatic Microscope (ABSTRACT)
What is a Point Source Microscope? (ABSTRACT)
ABSTRACT: As opposed to a bright field, reflecting microscope that produces an image of a microscopic object, a point source, or autostigmatic, microscope uses pinhole illumination to produce a diffration limited spot at the objective focus and that spot diverges as a nearly perfect spherical wavefront. This note describes many useful applications of the Point Source Microscope (PSM), a modern version of the classic autostigmatic microscope, that also includes a bright field imaging option and is useful as an autocollimator.