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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Akitoshi Toda, Kunitachi, JP;
Takeshi Konada, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A slide glass with a sample rested thereon is placed on an interior total reflection prism with a matching oil between them. A laser beam is applied through a prism to the sample, and evanescent light is generated on the sample surface. Above the sample, a probe supported at a free end of a cantilever is located, and an objective is provided above the probe. The objective has an angular aperture exceeding a vertical angle of the probe, where the angular aperture indicates an angle from a focal point of the objective to a diameter of entrance pupil. A scattering light detection lens barrel is provided above the objective, and cooperates with the objective to constitute a scattering light detection optical system. The optical system detects scattering light generated when the probe is introduced to the evanescent light.