Confocal scanner, confocal microscope, and illumination method
US10379328B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/48
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A confocal scanner into which light from a light source is introduced via a multimode optical fiber includes: a disk unit that includes a rotary disk; and an optical system that irradiates the rotary disk with light from an emission end face of the optical fiber. The optical system includes an element that changes a size in which the emission end face of the optical fiber is projected onto the rotary disk.
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