Complementary and Analogous Information Obtained by Acoustic and Light Microscopy

Andreas A. Thaer

doi:10.1117/12.938472

20 October 1986 Complementary and Analogous Information Obtained by Acoustic and Light Microscopy

Andreas A. Thaer

Proceedings Volume 0656, Contemporary Optical Instrument Design, Fabrication, and Testing; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938472
Event: 1986 International Symposium/Innsbruck, 1986, Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract

Since Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM) has reached and exceeded light microscopical resolution more than 6 years ago, its systematic application and realization by commercially available instrumentation has started. For a better understanding of the possible contribution of SAM to applied microscopy in general, the nature of information obtained by SAM in comparison with modern light microscopy, i.e. the fundamental character of the interaction of acoustic waves with the elastic properties of microscopical properties under investigation is discussed. After explaning the essential elements of SAM systems in comparison with conventional and scanning optical microscopes (SOM), typical examples of SAM applications to material sciences, microcircuit inspection and living cells are given

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Andreas A. Thaer "Complementary and Analogous Information Obtained by Acoustic and Light Microscopy", Proc. SPIE 0656, Contemporary Optical Instrument Design, Fabrication, and Testing, (20 October 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938472

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