Olympus Corporation

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Makio Tokunaga

Yoshihiro Ue

Motohiko Suzuki

A specimen temperature adjusting apparatus includes a specimen stage that the observation specimen is to be placed on and a temperature adjustment element that is attached to the specimen stage. The specimen stage has a groove surrounding a portion where the observation specimen is to be placed. The temperature adjustment element is located in the groove of the specimen stage.

Specimen temperature adjusting apparatus

The microscope apparatus has an objective lens, a sample base on which an observation sample is placed, a sensor target mounted on the tip portion of the objective lens, and a non-contact sensor mounted on the sample base. The non-contact sensor detects the distance to the sensor target. The microscope further has a motor that moves the objective lens along the optical axis and the controller that controls the motor to keep the relative distance between the tip portion of the objective lensand the sample base constant while the control switch is ON.

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Makio Tokunaga