Specimen slides and methods and uses thereof

US6946664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Westphal · Jena, DE
• Tobias Neumann · Remagen, DE
• Martin Kuehner · Bad Klosterlausnitz, DE
• Dieter Graefe · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/34
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Emboidments are presented to improve spatial resolution or sensitivity in measuring fluorescent layers, including an embodiment wherein a specimen slide is provided which is not fluorescent by itself, is plate-shaped and has at least one plate side provided with fluorescent light absorbing properties, or with an antireflection-coating for fluorescent radiation.