[OpenSPIM] ID'ing a part

[Jan Huisken]

Hi Tim

Correct. This must be a gimbal mirror mount. Sitting in the conjugate plane to the back focal plane you use this mirror to move the light sheet into the focal plane of your detection system (panel C below). If you used a regular (3-screw) mount you would not only translate the sheet but also introduce a tilt (panel D).

This is also illustrated in Fig. 2 of [Huisken, Jan, and Didier Y R Stainier. 2007. “Even Fluorescence Excitation by Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (mSPIM).” Optics Letters 32 (17): 2608–10.] 

Best
Jan Huisken


Figure from Weber, Michael, Michaela Mickoleit, and Jan Huisken. 2014. “Light Sheet Microscopy.” Methods in Cell Biology 123: 193–215. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-420138-5.00011-2.







> On Aug 5, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Feinstein, Timothy N <tnf8 at PITT.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Thanks folks, I got it.  It's a GM100 Ø1" gimbal mirror mount, for adjusting the mirror without changing the axis of rotation.  I can see how a POLARIS in that position can be a little like adjusting cantilever brakes on a bike – lots of axes of adjustment and changing one effects all the others.  Having something there that adjusts like 'V' brakes do (independent axes, less frustration) seems like a good idea.  
> 
> All the best, 
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> Timothy Feinstein, Ph.D. 
> Research Scientist
> University of Pittsburgh Department of Developmental Biology
> 
> 
> From: <openspim-bounces at openspim.org <mailto:openspim-bounces at openspim.org>> on behalf of Timothy Feinstein <tnf8 at pitt.edu <mailto:tnf8 at pitt.edu>>
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 9:07 AM
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> Subject: [OpenSPIM] ID'ing a part
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> Please forgive the super-basic question.  In most diagrams on openspim.org the last mirror housing before the sample chamber is another POLARIS, but in more advanced designs the mirror housing is a larger and unique item not specified in the basic build list.  Can someone let me know what that is?  Many thanks and apologies if this is answered somewhere else, 
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> Timothy Feinstein, Ph.D. 
> Research Scientist
> University of Pittsburgh Department of Developmental Biology
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