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Terminology

You should know, what these terms mean and you should be able to explain them in your own words.

Stokes Shift . Jablonski diagram . Planck's Law . Broglie's Law . beam splitter . dichroitic mirror . excitation filter . emission . numerical aperture . interference filter . confocal pinhole . sequential imaging . photomultiplier . signal-noise ratio . averaging . spinning disc microscopy . apotome . structured illumination microscopy . two-photon microscopy . diffraction limit . refractive index . Abbé's Law . STED microscopy . light-sheet microscopy . TIRF microscopy . total reflection . evanescent wave . PALM (=STORM) . RESOLFT . FRET . FRAP . Cameleon

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