Microscope
US8081378B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B26/06
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microscope apparatus can generate information of a super-resolved image at high speed. For that purpose, the microscope apparatus of the present invention is equipped with an image-forming optical system for forming an intermediate image of light emitted from a specimen, a relay optical system for forming an image of the intermediate image, an illuminating optical system that jointly owns an optical path of the image-forming optical system and illuminates the specimen through the optical path of the image-forming optical system, and a spatial modulator disposed on a formation plane of the intermediate image. In this microscope apparatus, the specimen is subjected to structured illumination by an image of the spatial modulator. Light from the specimen which is modulated by the structured illumination is automatically remodulated in the spatial modulator.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.