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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Dohi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Shimada, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microscope apparatusincludes a detection optical systemthat captures light from a sample S and an illumination optical systemthat radiates an illumination light onto the sample S. The illumination optical systemincludes a cylindrical lensthat has a power in a first-axis direction and does not have a power in a second-axis direction that is perpendicular to the first-axis direction, a cylindrical lensthat has a power in the second-axis direction and does not have a power in the first-axis direction, and a scannerthat scans the illumination light in a width direction. The illumination optical systemis configured such that the first-axis direction is the width direction described above, and the cylindrical lensesandare arranged posterior to the scanner