Polarizing microscopes are extremely useful for specialized medical and industrial applications, such as identifying crystals suspended in liquid, identifying minerals in core samples and detecting defects in semiconductors or finding stress points in metal, glass and other materials.
Meiji Techno offers a number of different models of polarizing microscopes:
* ML9000 Series transmitted illumination models
* ML9400 Series incident and transmitted illumination models
* ML9700 Series transmitted illumination, 50 watt illuminator, rotatable analyzer and Senarmont compensator.
* MT9000 Series transmitted illumination with improved strain-free S. Plan optics and ICOS™ (Infinity Corrected Optical System).
* MT9900 Series Incident and Transmitted Brightfield Models with Focusable Bertrand lens, Rotatable Analyzer, and 3-Position Slider with 1st Order Red, 1/4 Wave Plate, Brightfield Position.
Higher image contrast can be attained by using the Senarmont compensator to change the retardation level (crystals, living organisms, etc.) in the entire field of view.