Microscopes for Interdisciplinary Research
For more than 40 years - on a worldwide basis - the Ergonom technology by Kurt Olbrich has been successfully in use among insiders. They see it as an excellent light-microscope qualified for most complicated tasks. At present, these special microscopes are being offered to a larger group of top microscopists.
| Based on a different approach to optics and a new mathematical approach, the first microscope prototypes were built by Olbrich in the mid seventies, revealing a large depth of field and a true resolution of 100 nm. The progressive lens system, which is - to this day - the basis of Olbrich's microscopes, maintains full contour sharpness and true colors without any need for staining, oil immersion, etc.
A wide range of microscopes has been designed to meet the requirements of modern microscopists such as ease of use, variable depth of field, variable color contrast, and a purely optical resolution of 100 nm in real time. Low-budget versions revealing a lower resolution, but with no compromises in quality and other features mentioned above, are also available. In addition, a 3-D optical macro-microscope has been developed that provides a depth of field up to 30 mm, and a portable microscope offering a depth of field up to 4 mm completes the product array. | The microscopes make use of an imaging method, which provides a much higher depth of field and contrast (Ergonom technology). Accordingly, natural colors and contour sharpness remain clearly discernable even with increased magnification. Another strength of the microscopes from the Ergonom series is that the depth of field is variable, thus allowing, to visualize uneven sample surfaces in sharp contrast, and to present individual layers of living tissues without the higher or lower layers interfering with the image quality.
Highest demands in various scientific disciplines - such as biology, medicine, mineralogy, electronics, synthetic materials and metallurgy can be met. For example, experts in modern microscopy agree that only real time analysis (in-situ) of materials and living microorganisms (in vivo, in vitro) offers richer details for truly authentic presentation. The Ergonom technology allows the observation of samples without time-consuming preparation under normal conditions. |
