correction collar

A rotatable collar on an objective lens that adjusts the position of a lens or lens system to correct for spherical aberration induced by unexpected changes in optical path length (usually due to variability in coverslip thickness).

See also: auto correction collar, spherical aberration, aberration, coverslip, coverslip correction, objective lens

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Coverslip Correction

Adjustments to the microscope objective to compensate for coverslip thickness variations.