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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Tamano, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scanning microscope includes a laser configured to emit laser light, an objective configured to focus the laser light on an object, a scanner configured to scan the object in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the objective, a varifocal lens configured to scan the object in an optical-axis direction of the objective by changing a lens shape of the varifocal lens, a first relay lens configured to project the scanner onto the varifocal lens, a second relay lens configured to project a pupil of the objective onto the varifocal lens, a photodetector configured to detect fluorescence generated from the object upon the laser light being focused on the object by the objective, and a dichroic mirror configured to separate the fluorescence and the laser light emitted from the laser from each other. The varifocal lens is located between the objective and the scanner.