Chapter 6 Connection between the Laser Unit and the Microscope
6.4 Installing the N-STORM Kit
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Operating the N-STORM optical system
When the optical system for N-STORM microscopy is installed, the ND filter of the laser adapter, the STORM
slider, the lambda plate slider, and the cylindrical lens of the 3D-STORM port must be inserted or removed
according to the microscopy method as shown in the following table.
Table 6.4-1
Laser unit Inverted microscope body
Microscopy
method
Laser adapter ND
filter
STORM slider Lambda plate slider
3D-STORM port
cylindrical lens
Confocal
microscopy
OUT Not used Not used Not used
Epifluorescent
microscopy
OUT Not used Not used OUT
TIRF microscopy OUT OUT OUT OUT
2D STORM IN IN IN OUT
3D STORM IN IN IN IN
IN OUT
(The ND filter is placed within the optical path.) (The ND filter is placed out of the optical path.)
Figure 6.4-2 IN state and OUT state of the laser adapter ND filter
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