lamp

A light source that provides the illumination necessary to view specimens under a microscope, it usually refers to light sources utilizing bulbs, such as mercury arc lamps, halogen lamps, etc., and not lasers or light emitting diodes.

See also: light source, bulb, filament lamp, halogen lamp, mercury arc lamp, metal-halide arc lamp, xenon arc lamp, microscope lamp

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The Microscope Optical Train

The optical train consists of an illuminator, condenser, specimen, objective, and detector.