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A '''Brewster angle microscope''' is a [[microscope]] for studying [[thin film]]s on [[liquid]] surfaces. In a Brewster angle microscope, both the microscope and a [[Polarization (waves)|polarized]] light source are aimed towards a liquid surface at that liquid's [[Brewster angle]], in such a way for the microscope to catch an image of any light reflected from the light source via the liquid surface. Because there is no [[p-polarized|''p''-polarized]] reflection from the pure liquid when both are angled towards it at the Brewster angle, light is only reflected when some other phenomenon such as a surface film affects the liquid surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/nat_Fak_IV/Physikalische_Chemie/Motschmann/hp-motschmann/experimental-techniques/brewster-angle-microscopy.html|title=Brewster Angle Microscopy|author=Hubert Motschmann |
A '''Brewster angle microscope''' is a [[microscope]] for studying [[thin film]]s on [[liquid]] surfaces. In a Brewster angle microscope, both the microscope and a [[Polarization (waves)|polarized]] light source are aimed towards a liquid surface at that liquid's [[Brewster angle]], in such a way for the microscope to catch an image of any light reflected from the light source via the liquid surface. Because there is no [[p-polarized|''p''-polarized]] reflection from the pure liquid when both are angled towards it at the Brewster angle, light is only reflected when some other phenomenon such as a surface film affects the liquid surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/nat_Fak_IV/Physikalische_Chemie/Motschmann/hp-motschmann/experimental-techniques/brewster-angle-microscopy.html|title=Brewster Angle Microscopy|author=Hubert Motschmann|date=2008|accessdate=2012-10-01|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107070832/http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/nat_Fak_IV/Physikalische_Chemie/Motschmann/hp-motschmann/experimental-techniques/brewster-angle-microscopy.html|archivedate=2013-01-07|df=}}</ref> |
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The technique was first introduced in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/physik/OSMP/Soft/ws0607_ue05a.pdf|title=Design and Testing of a Low-Cost and Compact Brewster Angle Microscope|author=M. A. Cohen Stuart|author2=R. A. J. Wegh|author3=J. M. Kroon|author4=E. J. R. Sudhölter}} Langmuir, Vol. 12, No. 11, 1996. p. 2863</ref> |
The technique was first introduced in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/physik/OSMP/Soft/ws0607_ue05a.pdf|title=Design and Testing of a Low-Cost and Compact Brewster Angle Microscope|author=M. A. Cohen Stuart|author2=R. A. J. Wegh|author3=J. M. Kroon|author4=E. J. R. Sudhölter}} Langmuir, Vol. 12, No. 11, 1996. p. 2863</ref> |
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A Brewster angle microscope is a microscope for studying thin films on liquid surfaces. In a Brewster angle microscope, both the microscope and a polarized light source are aimed towards a liquid surface at that liquid's Brewster angle, in such a way for the microscope to catch an image of any light reflected from the light source via the liquid surface. Because there is no p-polarized reflection from the pure liquid when both are angled towards it at the Brewster angle, light is only reflected when some other phenomenon such as a surface film affects the liquid surface.[1]
The technique was first introduced in 1991.[2]
References
- ^ Hubert Motschmann (2008). "Brewster Angle Microscopy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ M. A. Cohen Stuart; R. A. J. Wegh; J. M. Kroon; E. J. R. Sudhölter. "Design and Testing of a Low-Cost and Compact Brewster Angle Microscope" (PDF). Langmuir, Vol. 12, No. 11, 1996. p. 2863
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