Microscopy system

US8054543B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Strahle · Heubach, DE
• Christoph Hauger · Aalen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/0028
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a microscopy system for representing an object that can be placed on an object plane (1) of the microscopy system, the latter comprising a representation system (26) containing several optical elements for providing at least one optical representation path (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d). According to one embodiment of the invention, the optical elements comprise a plurality of optical lenses (4-8, 11, 13, 14), through which the optical representation path(s) (2a-2d) pass(es) in sequence and which represent the object plane (1) in an intermediate image (P). The optical lenses (4-8, 11) are configured in such a way that the representation of the object plane (1) in the intermediate image (P) is reduced a maximum 0.9 times, preferably a maximum 0.8 times, preferably a maximum 0.6 times, with 0.5 times being the preferred maximum reduction.