Nikon ECLIPSE Si - Configuration for Simple Polarizing Microscopy

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4.2.3 Configuration for Simple Polarizing Microscopy
When performing simple polarizing microscopy, assemble the microscope in the basic configuration for
bright-field microscopy, and then attach the following optical parts to the microscope:
(1) Simple polarization polarizer
Attach the simple polarization polarizer over the field lens.
Adjust the polarization state by turning the polarizer.
(2) Simple polarization analyzer
Attach it to the dovetail at the eyepiece tube mount.
Remove the eyepiece tube and attach the analyzer to the dovetail on the main body (vibration direction:
fixed at the microscope front and back direction).
Attaching the Simple Polarization Analyzer
Install the simple polarization analyzer on the round dovetail
of the eyepiece tube mount.
1. Remove the eyepiece tube.
2. Place the analyzer in the cavity in the eyepiece tube
mount on the microscope main body.
Turn the analyzer so that the mark on the analyzer
faces the screw on the rear of the eyepiece tube
mount.
The analyzer faces the microscope front and back
direction. (This is also the light's vibration direction.)
3. Re-attach the eyepiece tube in its original position
and fix it in place.
Attaching the analyzer
Orientation of the analyzer
Attaching the Simple Polarization Polarizer
Install the simple polarization polarizer on top of the field
lens.
1. Place the simple polarization polarizer in the upper
part of the field lens unit on the microscope main
body.
If you turn the polarizer unit so that the mark on the
polarizer unit faces the front of the microscope, the
polarizer's vibration direction becomes the
microscope's right-left direction.
2. Tighten the fixing screw to fix the polarizer in place.
To fix the polarizer in an open Nicol state, remove the
fixing screw, move it to another screw hole, and
tighten the screw.
Attaching the polarizer
Mark and fixing screw for the polarizer
Mark
Analyzer
Screw
Mark
Fixing
screw
Polarizer