Structured illumination microscope apparatus and an image forming apparatus
US9146391B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/1066
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Polarized light which is emitted from an optical fiber becomes circular polarized light bypassing through a first quarter wave plate. The circular polarized light which has entered a second quarter wave plate is converted into nearly linear polarized light which has S polarization. P polarization components are removed from the nearly linear polarized light by a polarizer, but the polarizer is not always necessary. The optical axis of the polarizer is set to be a direction which allows transmitting of S polarized light. The light that has passed through the polarizer is separated into diffracted lights by a diffraction grating, and is used as the structured illumination light.
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