Videos
"Microscopy Research from the Arctic"
Scientific papers are difficult to read because they are written to be precise, correct, and rigorous. Being accessible is only a "nice to have". So why not make a second version that is much more understandable? Maybe even in a video format? Here you go:
Label-free superior contrast with c-band ultraviolet extinction microscopy
With a resolution down to 215 nm, we are, for the first time in a far-field label-free method, able to image individual fenestrations within their sieve plates of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. This is possible through the supreme contrast and high resolution thanks to the special properties provided by complex phase microscopy in the deep ultraviolet C-band region.
Vectorial Jones calculus
Take an image of a single fluorophore with a microscope. When the fluorophore is pointing just the right way, you will see a donut on the camera. Surprising, right? But that’s not even always the case. With some lenses, the donut is completely invisible due to a bright central spot of light. Find out how to calculate such things (free software available) and when to expect a donut (or not) in our new work on “Quantification of the NA dependent change of shape in the image formation of a z-polarized fluorescent molecule using vectorial diffraction simulations”
Instant Volume Microscopy (aka SOLIS)
Remember Avatar, the first 3D movie? Yeah, that wasn't 3D. Actual 3D needs more than polarising glasses. We have now developed a real 3D imaging system that allows recording of entire scenes in 3D in single camera exposures.
Scientific talk at ELMI about Instant Volume Microscopy (SOLIS)
Our volumetric imaging research is funded through the Norwegian Research Councils (NRC) project "SOLIS". Our partners at Digital Life Norway were so friendly as to explain the project idea in an amazing video!
"Forskningsdagene"
Forskningsdagene ("The Research Days") is a national, annual festival under the auspices of the Research Council of Norway which has been held since 1994. The motto for the festival is "Room for big thoughts", and during the festival, researchers from all over Norway go out among people to demonstrate research in practice. Due to the 2020 pandemic, the festival was all-digital. Watch our contribution: a virtual lab visit!
Visit the forskningsdagene website for more contributions:
"Bascis of Optical Alignment"
Have you ever been to a laser lab?
So many pieces of glass and they all serve a purpose (ideally): beam steering, focusing, collimating, expanding, polarising, shearing, combining, converting, filtering, ...
In this video series, I go over the basics that will help you with the hands-on work of your own optics research.