[OpenSPIM] Lenses Configuration for Telescope in Open SPIM

[Peter Gabriel Pitrone]

Dear John,

This is from the original calculations. It has to do with filling the
back aperture of the cylindrical lens (at least in the axis of focus). We
are in the middle of testing new lens configurations, and will post our
findings on the wiki when we are finished.

I hope that my explanation helps rather than adds more confusion to the mix.

Best regards,
Pete

-- 
Peter Gabriel Pitrone - TechRMS
Microscopy/Imaging Specialist
Prof. Dr. Pavel Tomancak group
Max Planck Institute for
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Pfotenhauerstr. 108
01307 Dresden

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On Tue, July 9, 2013 1:21 pm, LIM Soon Yew John (IMB) wrote:
<|> Dear Kelvin,
<|>
<|> Can I please trouble you about why the lenses configuration for the
<|> telescope in Open SPIM is a 50 mm focus lens followed by a 25 mm focus
<|> lens? The part that confuse me is why expand by 2 times with beam
<|> expander and then shrink it 2 times with the telescope.
<|>
<|> I had also attached two images of reflection of the light sheet from a
<|> mirror. In the first image, the lenses configuration for the
telescope is
<|> 50 mm focus lens followed by a 25 mm focus lens and FWHM = 12.1 pixels.
<|> In the second image, the lenses configuration for the telescope is
<|> changed to 25 mm focus lens followed by a 50 mm focus lens (opposite of
<|> Open SPIM) and FWHM = 7.7 pixels.
<|>
<|> Does the lenses configuration with first a 50 mm focus lens followed
by a
<|> 25 mm focus lens generate a thicker light sheet?
<|>
<|> Thank You,
<|> John