Applications of adaptive optics in microscopy

US6771417B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Wolleschensky · Jena, DE
• Robert Grub · Westerburg, DE
• Ulrich Simon · Kahla, DE
• Martin Gluch · Jena, DE
• Andreas Faulstich · Aalen, DE
• Martin Voelcker · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 1998
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B26/06
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The use of one or more wavefront modulators in the observation beam path and/or illumination beam path of a microscope provide various advantageous results. Such modulators may be adapted to change the phase and/or the amplitude of light in such a way to carry out displacement and shaping of the focus in the object space and correction of possible aberrations. The possible areas of use include confocal microscopy, laser-assisted microscopy, conventional light microscopy and analytic microscopy.