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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Yosuke Kishi, Yokohama, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser microscope includes a laser light source for emitting a coherent light beam, a scanning optical system for scanning the light beam emitted from the laser light source, an objective lens for condensing the light beam from the scanning optical system in a sample, a plurality of optical path-dividing members, a switching mechanism for holding the optical path-dividing members such that the optical path-dividing members can be selectively inserted in the optical path, an incident-light illumination light source for emitting an incident-light illumination beam, an observation section for enabling light to be observed through the selected optical path-dividing member, and a detector for enabling light, which the sample emits upon irradiation of the coherent beam, to be observed through the selected optical path-dividing member.