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As already discussed in Sect. 2.2.3, the best light source for many types of microscopy is the sun. For one, our eyes are best adapted to the color of the sunlight. On the other hand, the sun offers a wide range of electromagnetic energy, from long radio waves up to gamma radiation. Through the visible range, that is, from 400 to 700 nm, the intensity is comparably constant (within a factor of two).
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Borlinghaus, R.T. (2017). Light Sources. In: The White Confocal. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55562-1_4
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