Patent · US Expired

Entangled-photon microscope and confocal microscope

US6567164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Leica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH · DE

Inventors

Holger Birk · Meckesheim, DE
Rafael Storz · Heidelberg, DE
Johann Engelhardt · Bad Schönborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2001
Grant date	May 20, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/1636
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention discloses an entangled-photon microscope (1) having a light source (3) and an objective (31). The entangled-photon microscope (1) has a microstructured optical element (11), in which entangled photons can be produced, between the light source (3) and the objective (31), the entangled photons propagating in a beam (15) inside and outside the microstructured optical element.

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