Types of Microscope

A microscope’s primary function is to magnify small things. The primary purpose of a microscope is to produce a resolution, not magnification. The oldest known microscopes were simple and compound, but electron and fluorescence microscopes have recently replaced them. The various kinds of microscopes include the following:

Light Microscope

These are simple microscopes that enlarge objects by using light. These microscopes’ lenses bend light so that items below them appear closer. The various kinds of light or optical microscopes are as follows:

Compound Microscope

A compound microscope is a high-resolution microscope with two sets of lenses that produces a two-dimensional image of the sample. The use of many lenses in a microscope is referred to as compounding. It is believed that Dutch eyeglass manufacturer Zacharias Janssen created the compound microscope in the first half of 1590. There is no evidence to suggest that Zacharias Janssen utilized this microscope, though. One of the common microscopes that can be utilized for a variety of tasks is the compound microscope. The lens’s design magnifies the things from the intricate system.

 Simple Microscope

A simple microscope is a magnifying glass with a pair of short-focal-length double convex lenses. The hand lens and reading lens are examples of this kind of device. When an object is kept close to the lens, its primary focus produces an image that is upright and larger than the original object. Since the produced image is not genuine, it cannot be projected on a screen.

Stereo Microscope

An optical microscope that offers a three-dimensional picture of a specimen is called a stereo microscope. Other names for it include stereo zoom microscope and dissecting microscope. Separate objective lenses and eyepieces are included in dissecting microscope components. As a result, each eye has its own unique optical path. A three-dimensional image is created by the slightly varying angling views to the left and right eyes. It also goes by the name “dissecting microscope” since it provides a three-dimensional perspective.

Electron Microscope

These microscopes create images through the use of electron beams rather than light. There are two prominent electron microscopes:

• TEM: A very thin specimen is transmitted or passed through by an electron in a TEM.
• SEM: By concentrating the electron beam, it scans across the specimen’s surface.

The development of technology has also led to the development of more effective microscopes, such as scanning probes and scanning acoustic microscopes.

A Microscope is an apparatus that enhances the views of tiny substances. It gives the viewer a remarkably close-up picture of minuscule structures at a scale suitable for scrutiny and study. Invisible to the human sight microscopic items are magnified using the microscope. Additionally, a microscope allows us to see a variety of species, such as a cell, the structure of dust particles, etc. It comes from the Greek words “mikros,” which means small, and “skopein,” which means to see.