Confocal scanning optical microscope
US5304810A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/0076
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A confocal scanning optical microscope in which a specimen under test is simultaneously scanned with two distinct spots or slits of illumination and two output beams emitted from the specimen due to reflection or fluorescence are descanned and passed to separate stationary confocal apertures and detectors.
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