Optics/Imaging
Lenses:
Optomechanical devices:
Good LED controllers:
Filters/dichroic glass:
Semrock: http://www.semrock.com/
Chroma Technologies: www.chroma.com
Fluorescent spectra viewer:
http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/support/Research-Tools/Fluorescence-SpectraViewer.html
Guides to (fluorescent) microscopy:
http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/techniques/fluorescence/fluorhome.html
http://www.microscopyu.com/articles/fluorescence/fluorescenceintro.html
Optics equations and simulators:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
http://www.livephysics.com/problems-and-answers/optics/two-lens-system-image-distance-and-magnification.html
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=121.0
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/course_material/py230l/optics/lenses.htm
Principles and techniques for optical imaging of intrinsic signals
Hillman EMC. 2007 Optical brain imaging in vivo: techniques and applications from animal to man, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 12 051402. [Includes absorption and reflectance of blood, for example]
Harrison et al., 2009: Simple and cost-effective hardware and software for functional brain mapping using intrinsic optical signal imaging, J Neurosci Methods 182
Ratzlaff and Grinvald 1991: A tandem-lens epifluorescence macroscope: hundred-fold brightness advantage for wide-field imaging, J. Neurosci Methods 36
Kelly's notes from visiting Schnitzer lab: Mini fluorescent microscope notes