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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirokazu Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/0044 (2013.01); G02B 21/006 (2013.01); G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 27/0068 (2013.01); G02B 27/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A confocal scanner into which light from a light source is introduced via a multimode optical fiber includes: a disk unit that includes a rotary disk; and an optical system that irradiates the rotary disk with light from an emission end face of the optical fiber. The optical system includes an element that changes a size in which the emission end face of the optical fiber is projected onto the rotary disk.