Patent · US Expired

Device for coupling light into a microscope

US7042638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Gonschor · Gleichen, DE
Carsten Hoyer · Jülich, DE
Michael James Brehm · Allen, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2003
Grant date	May 9, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/08
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed to a device for coupling light into the beam path of a microscope. Laser light is directed to the preparation in the field diaphragm plane through an in-coupling light-conducting fiber constructed as a slide. The invention is particularly suitable for the TIRF method.

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