2025/12/11 by Martanov, S. G., Prudkoglyad, V. A., Galiullin, A. A. +2
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Image Processing Techniques and Applications #Optics (physics.optics) #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #Various Chemistry Research Topics
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.11056
openalex publication_date 2025/12/11 · openalex created_date 2025/12/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present an educational tool, a microscope with a video camera, that can be fabricated either from a standard microscope or assembled from inexpensive, commercially available components (objectives, beam splitters, LEDs, linear stages) and 3D-printed elements. Usage of interference filters in combination with white light-emitting diode (LED) illumination enables the quantitative study of optical phenomena such as refraction, interference (e.g., Newton's rings), Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction. Thus, we propose an instrument that can be used to illustrate the theoretical foundations of an undergraduate optics course and beyond.