Topic | Description |
Cleaning Optical Filters | Instructions for cleaning hard coated optical filters |
Filter Reliability | Compares the performance and reliability of hard coated filters to traditional soft-coated filters and provides information about the testing standards for Semrock filters |
Flatness of Dichroic Beamsplitters | Describes the impact of non-flat dichroic beamsplitters on microscope image fidelity |
Laser Damage Threshold | Provides information for calculating laser damage threshold for pulsed and continuous wave lasers |
Multiband Filter Set Terminology | Compares benefits and drawbacks of full multiband, pinkel and sedat filter sets |
Optical Filters for Laser-based Fluorescence Microscopes | Discusses additional considerations that laser excitation imposes on traditional fluorescence microscopy filter selection |
Topic | Description |
Bringing Super-resolution to Fluorescence Microscopy | Prashant Prabhat, PhD, and Turan Erdogan, PhD, Semrock Inc., BioPhotonics, May/June 2010 Advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques allow users to break the defraction limit and visualize resolution similar to that of an electron microscope |
Fluorescence Imaging: Optical filters optimize laser-based fluorescence imaging systems | Prashant Prabhat, PhD, and Turan Erdogan, PhD, Semrock Inc., Laser Focus World, January 2010 Discusses additional considerations that laser excitation imposes on traditional fluorescence microscopy filter selection |
Perfecting TIRF Optics | Prashant Prabhat, PhD, and Turan Erdogan, PhD, Semrock Inc., BioOptics World, Jan/Feb 2009 Discusses additional considerations that laser excitation imposes on traditional fluorescence microscopy filter selection |
Topic | Description |
Optical Filters for Laser-based Fluorescence Microscopes | Analysis of additional considerations that laser excitation imposes on traditional fluorescence microscopy filter selection with a focus on multiple-laser systems. |
Flatness of Dichroic Beamsplitters Affects Focus and Image Quality | Analysis of how the radius of curvature of a dichroic filter affects focal plane shift, spot size and image fidelity in fluorescence microscopy. |
Super-resolution Microscopy | Discusses advancements in fluorescence microscopy techniques that allow users to break the defraction limit and visualize resolution similar to that of an electron microscope |
Topic | Description |
TIRF (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence) | An overview of TIRF microscopy, including solutions from Semrock and additional learning resources. |
Laser Scanning/Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy | An overview of confocal microscopy techniques and applications, including solutions from Semrock and additional learning resources. |
Laser-based Instrumentation | An review of common of laser-based instrumentation, including solutions from Semrock and additional learning resources. |