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Centrifuge microscope capable of realizing polarized light observation

US5982535A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A centrifuge microscope includes a disk which is rotatable around a rotation axis and which is provided with a sample chamber for accommodating a sample. An observation optical system is provided which includes an objective lens which is positioned such that the sample chamber crosses an optical axis of the objective lens as the disk rotates. A pulsed laser source is provided for emitting a pulsed laser to the sample at a timing at which the sample chamber crosses the optical axis of the objective lens. And a delay time adjusting section is provided for adjusting a delay time of an emission timing of the pulsed laser in accordance with a rotational speed of the disk.

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