Patent ID: 6865013

Claim:
A method of provoking light scattering sufficient to illuminate a specimen in an optical microscope system, said system comprising a microscope having a darkfield condenser, at least one objective lens, and a compound relay lens, said method comprising: illuminating a first lamp that emits a first light, wherein said first light travels at a first frequency in the ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum; illuminating a second lamp that emits a second light, wherein said second light travels at a second frequency; combining said first light and said second light to produce a combined light, said combined light comprising an additive light wave traveling at an additive frequency and a subtractive light wave traveling at a subtractive frequency; condensing said combined light through said darkfield condenser; adapting said first light for use in said microscope system by positioning an adapter between said first lamp and said darkfield condenser; and focusing said combined light on said specimen.