Super-resolution microscope system and method for illumination
US6667830B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21K7/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microscope system comprising an adjusted specimen and a microscope body, wherein the adjusted specimen is dyed with molecule which has three electronic states including at least a ground state and in which an excited wavelength band from the first electron excited state to the second electron excited state overlaps a fluorescent wavelength band upon deexcitation through a fluorescence process from the first electron excited state to a vibrational level in the ground state. There is provided a novel microscope system which is enabled to condense an erase light for exciting a molecule in the first electron excited state to the second electron excited state in an excellent beam profile by using a simple, compact optical system and which has high stability and operability and an excellent super-resolution.
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