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.