Scanning microscope and a confocal scanning microscope having a circulator
US6492638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/0076
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A scanning microscope (100) possesses at least one illumination source (4), an objective (10), and at least one detector (12). An optical circulator (14) is arranged between the at least one illumination source (4), the objective (10), and the at least one detector (12). In a further embodiment, the scanning microscope (100) is configured as a confocal scanning microscope.
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