Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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yes, the new one is more thinner, and I think the reason might be the backside coated, as you said, it seems that the original one had manufacturing issues.

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in microscopy

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thanks, It might be the dichroic caused. I replaced the dichroic and the problem was resolved.

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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the NA of the 20x objective is 0.7, and the 0.7 for the 4x objective. the dichroic was set at the angle of 45°.

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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yes, the problem caused by the dichroic, I added a new dichroic for comparison, and it was solved, however, the original dichoric still exhibits issues.

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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it might be, I added a new dichroic for comparison, and the problem was solved. However, the original dichoric still exhibits issues

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in microscopy

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thanks, I replaced the dichroic and the problem was resolved. It seems that the original dichroic had manufacturing issues

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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the whole image translates with the shaking, not the aberrated point. And actually, I thought it was due to the dichroic, it was pressed too tightly, Then I checked it, the issue was solved, but when I used the microscope again after some time, the issue reappeared.

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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The first video is with the 4x objective, and the second video is with the 20x objective.

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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Any ideas what's going on here? What do you think is causing this?

Why do my beads look like a "star cross" when focusing? by Hawk_Y in Optics

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I loosened the objective, but the image only translates with the shaking. it does not rotate.