Hitachi, Ltd.

Nobuyuki Nakashima

Masao Takai

Katsuzi Ikenaga

Koji Umemoto

An ultrasonic microscope has an optical microscope disposed in juxtaposition therewith so that the optical microscope can directly observe a specimen to be observed by the ultrasonic microscope, by moving the specimen toward the optical microscope. The optical microscope can also observe a region where an acoustic lens of the ultrasonic microscope and the specimen face each other. For that purpose, the optical microscope is provided with an optical reflector for suiting the view of field of the optical microscope to the region where the acoustic lens and the specimen face each other. Alternatively, the optical microscope is swingably supported so that the view of field of the optical microscope is suited to the region where the acoustic lens and specimen face each other.

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Kudamatsu, Japan

Nobuyuki Nakashima