Angular resolution (by a microscope)
Description
The resolution R (here measured as a distance, not to be confused with the angular resolution of a previous subsection) depends on the angular aperture alpha.
Related formulasVariables
| R | Angular resolution (dimensionless) |
| λ | Wavelength of the of light illuminating or emanating from (in the case of fluorescence microscopy) the sample [m] (dimensionless) |
| NAcondenser | Numerical aperture of the condenser (dimensionless) |
| NAobjective | Numerical aperture of the objective (dimensionless) |