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Method for varying the scanning field of a laser scanning microscope

US9594237B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH · DE

Inventors

Daniel Schwedt · Weimar, DE
Tiemo Anhut · Jena, DE
Tobias Kaufhold · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2012
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/008
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for varying the size of the scanning field of a multifocal laser scanning microscope, said scanning field being scanned in X columns and Y lines, and n laser spots being arranged at a distance d from one another in the scanning field along the slow scanning axis in the sample plane, the distance between the scanned lines in the sample plane being a=d/K, where KεN, the size of the scanning field being varied by varying K. After scanning K lines, a vertical skip is made, e.g. a skip of (n−1)×K+1 lines in the scanning direction or (n+1)×K−1 lines against the scanning direction until at least Y lines have been scanned.

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