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OK, resent with the web site correct this time!


As we all know (don't we?) next year is the centenary of
the death of Ernst Abbe.  So, to celebrate I've decided
to give a bit more publicity to a project that Jim Pawley
and I started on while he was on sabbatical in Sydney.

This is a digital re-creation of the Abbe Diffraction Kit -
a collection of test specimens and back-focal-plane masks
that the Zeiss company marketed for something like 50 years.

With a small amount of financial backing from the Australian
Key Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, and help from
Dennnis Dwarte and my son Cassian, we put together a working
version incorporating one of the test images and a small
subset of 3 tools.  We are actively seeking sponsorship
to complete the job!

The current version is available for download on my website
http://www.guycox.com/gcs.htm/  - just follow the link to the
Diffraction Kit.  (You may find other things you like there -
electron microscopists may be interested in the Monte Carlo
program - also a free download).

Comments, suggestions (and offers of sponsorship) are most
welcome.

                                                   Guy

--
Associate Professor Guy Cox
Electron Microscope Unit,
University of Sydney,
NSW 2006, Australia

Phone:+61 2 9351 3176    Fax:+61 2 9351 7682
http://www.guycox.net



--
Associate Professor Guy Cox
Electron Microscope Unit,
University of Sydney,
NSW 2006, Australia

Phone:+61 2 9351 3176    Fax:+61 2 9351 7682
http://www.guycox.net