APPLICATIONS

Applications

Here you can find all the optical setups we tested or proposed so far.

This is a growing list of available optical setups coming along with tutorials and alignment instructions. The most important part is the core building block as you find in every modular toolbox. A detailed description of the the UC2 cube can be found here.

List of available Applications (APPs)

Compilations

• TheBOX: Concept of a ready-to-use box containing multiple setups at once
• SimpleBOX: Optical setups from elementary to high-school level
• FullBOX: Optical setups from high-school to university level (contains electronics)
• CourseBOX: Optical setups for Optics and Microscopy courses

SIMPLE Setups

• SIMPLE - Projector
• SIMPLE - Telescope
• SIMPLE - Smartphone Microscope

BASIC Setups

• In-Incubator Microscope with X/Y/Z-control and adaptive illumination
• Light sheet Microscope
• In-line Holographic Microscope
• Abbe Diffraction Experiment
• Michelson Interferometer (Interference effect of light)
• Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (Interference effect of light)
• Double Slit Experiment (Interference effect of light)
• Spectrometer

COMPLEX Modules and Setups

• openSIM - Structured Illumination Microscopy (2-Beam Interference Super-Resolution)
• openISM - Image Scanning Microscopy (Confocal or Super-confocal imaging)
• openKOEHLER - Phase Contrast enhancement using an adaptive Koehler illumination
• openXYtable - Module
• Ptychography

General Naming Convetion and Structure of UC2

Confusion about version v0 vs. version v2

We made a change in the CAD design of the cube in order to be more generic (e.g. point symmetry around the center). We're trying hard to update the APPlications so that everything is based on the new design, but it's a lot of files and there are probably still some forgotten v0 parts.

If you're unsure, check out the Modular Developer Kit - there you find a general definition of the shape and size of the inserts which is up to date!

The outer cube dimensions stayed the same, but the inserts changed completely!

List of available Modules (CUBEs):

A list of available Cubes that are the building blocks of all our setups can be found in CAD.

Participate

If you have a cool idea, please don't hesitate to contact us, we are happy to incorporate it in our design to make it even better.
More setups are coming soon! Inspire us with your ideas - we try to make it work! :-)