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Title:
SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009015218
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To speed up a specimen observation using a scanning confocal microscope.

The scanning confocal microscope 100 includes: a galvano mirror 4 by which an illuminating light ray for illuminating a specimen 1 is caused to scan on the specimen 1 in a scanning direction; a converging lens 8 and cylindrical lens array 9 by which the illuminating light emitted by a laser light source 6 is divided in the scanning direction and the division illuminated light rays are condensed in the scanning direction; and a micro-mirror array 5 disposed on the conjugate face of the specimen 1 and reflecting at least part of each division illuminating light ray, condensed by the converging lens 8 and cylindrical array 9, to the galvano mirror 4. The galvano mirror 4 allows respective illuminating light rays reflected on the mirror-mirror array 5 to scan all together on the specimen 1 in the scanning direction.


Inventors:
OKADA HISAFUMI
FUKUSHIMA IKUTOSHI
NISHIWAKI DAISUKE
Application Number:
JP2007179578A
Publication Date:
January 22, 2009
Filing Date:
July 09, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP
International Classes:
G02B19/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004199063A2004-07-15
JP2001311874A2001-11-09
JPH10311950A1998-11-24
JP2004177662A2004-06-24
JPH10293256A1998-11-04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Sakai