Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laser scan confocal microscope
- Patent Title (中): 激光扫描共焦显微镜
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Application No.: US12453825Application Date: 2009-05-22
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Publication No.: US07903329B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Yuki Yoshida , Naoshi Aikawa
- Applicant: Yuki Yoshida , Naoshi Aikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nikon Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2006-345662 20061222
- Main IPC: G02B21/00
- IPC: G02B21/00

Abstract:
Fluorescence is generated from an irradiated point on an inspection surface of a sample and the fluorescence is collected by an objective lens. Here, because of the magnification chromatic aberration of the objective lens, the fluorescence going out from the objective lens travels along a path shifted from the irradiation light and changed substantially into a non-scan light by a galvano-scanner. The fluorescence passes through a dichroic mirror into a deflection system after light of unnecessary wavelength is removed by a filter. The deflection system is driven in synchronization with the galvano-scanner by a computer and corrects the shift and inclination of the optical axis generated by the magnification chromatic aberration of the objective lens. Then, the fluorescence forms an image of the irradiation point of the inspection surface of the sample on a pin hole of a pin hole plate by using a collective lens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090231692A1 Laser scan confocal microscope Public/Granted day:2009-09-17
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