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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microscope with an eye towards achieving a particularly simple structure. SOLUTION: An objective (1) and/or an objective changer and/or an objective turret is/are coupled to an adjustment device (3) for positioning a specimen stage (6) in such a way that the position of the objective (1) and/or the objective changer and/or the objective turret can be adjusted by using the adjustment device (3). COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for separating a plurality of different emission wavelengths by a simple means. SOLUTION: In the method for separating a plurality of different emission wavelengths in a scanning microscope (6) which is so configured that a specimen (4) is scanned with an illuminating light beam (10) which is guided onto the specimen (4) by a beam deflector and has a plurality of different excitation wavelengths (1, 2, 3), and emission light which is emitted from the specimen (4) and includes a plurality of emission wavelengths corresponding to the excitation wavelengths (1, 2, 3) is detected by at least one detector (5), the plurality of excitation wavelengths (1, 2, 3) are selectively applied to the illuminating light beam (10) during the scanning stage in accordance with a predefinable illumination scheme, and the detector is read out each time an excitation wavelength is applied, and detected signals are associated with the respective excitation wavelengths (1, 2, 3) by using the illumination scheme. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination method and illumination device which are popularly usable, has adaptability, provide wavelength spectra of a wide band at high illumination density and avert interference as far as possible. SOLUTION: This method includes a step (1) of making a ray (13) of a laser (9) incident on a microstructure optical element (19) for causing the spectral diffusion of the ray, a step (3) of shaping the spectrally diffused ray (31) to an illumination ray (29) and a step (5) of directing the illumination ray (29) to an object (79).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scanning microscope in which (configuring elements of) the microscope are efficiently cooled by a simply structured means. SOLUTION: Such a scanning microscope as a confocal scanning microscope is composed by including a scanning unit (1), a detecting unit (2), an electronic unit (3) for operating the scanning microscope, and a cooling unit for at least one configuring element of the scanning microscope. The cooling unit (4) is characterized in that the unit is composed so as to be operated with a liquid cooling medium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illuminator enabled to be universally used, easily operated having adaptability and capable of illuminating a target by light of a wide wavelength range. SOLUTION: A laser (3) and an optical element (13) of fine structure are integrated into a module.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination device of a scanning microscope which allows the use of a spectral range where addressing is heretofore infeasible. SOLUTION: An optical element (3) which spectrally diffuses the light produced by a laser (1) during the first passage is disposed between the laser (1) and an optical means (12).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scanning microscope which allows the inspection of a sample at various wavelengths and (or) in wavelength ranges and does not require the post adjustment of wavelength intrinsic component elements in an optical path at this time. SOLUTION: This scanning microscope is provided with an optical element 4 which produces at least partially spectrally diffusing illumination light within its illumination optical path 8. A beam splitter 11 which does not substantially depend upon polarized light and wavelength is positioned, fixed and arranged within the illumination optical path 8 and a detecting optical path 15.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid illumination undesirable to a specimen in a scanning microscope. SOLUTION: A restricting means (16) to restrict the beam of a first wavelength is provided in a beam (15) whose wavelength is changed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a low output power laser beam source which can be utilized especially as a light source for a confocal scanning type microscopic method. SOLUTION: In this device for coupling beams from at least two laser beam sources 1 and 2 related to the confocal scanning type microscopic method, the beams from the laser beam sources 1 and 2 at least have nearly the same wavelength. The device is provided with at least a beam coupling device 11 coupling light beams by a system hardly having loss.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the structure of a known device and to enable expansion of detection variation which has been possible thus far. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with at least one spectrum selective element (2), which projects an exciting light (3) of a light source (1) onto a microscope (4), cuts off at least part of the exciting light scattered and reflected by an object from a detection optical path (5) and will not cut off detection light originating from the object, and can be matched with the wavelength of the exciting light of the light source (1). An optical device on the optical path of a laser scanning microscope has another optical member (8) arranged following the element (2) and is featured by the detection of dispersing and/or refracting properties of the detection light.